Hexagram:The Caldron →Hexagram:Difficulty at the Beginning
I-Ching Transformation
50
The Caldron
Ding
Fire / Wind
→
3
Difficulty at the Beginning
Zhun
Water / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 鼎顛趾利出否得妾以其子無咎
鼎dǐngthe cauldron('s)
顛diānwith upended
趾zhǐfeet
利lìworthwhile
出chūto expel
否pǐthe stagnant(ating
得déto accept
妾qièthe concubine
以yǐfor (the sake of)
其qíher
子zǐa child
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 2: 鼎有實我仇有疾不我能即吉
鼎dǐngwhen
有yǒuhas
實shícontent(s)
我wǒour
仇chóurival
有yǒuwill have
疾jíanxiety(ies)
不bùit
我wǒour
能néngin
即jíto pursue
吉jípromising
Line 3: 鼎耳革其行塞雉膏不食方雨虧悔終吉
鼎dǐngthe cauldron('s)
耳ěrears
革géchanged
其qíits
行xíngfunction
塞sèis
雉zhìthe pheasant's
膏gāorich
不bùis not
食shíeaten
方fānga sudden
雨yǔrain
虧kuīwould diminish
悔huǐthe regret(s)
終zhōngat
吉jípromising
Line 4: 鼎折足覆公餗其形渥凶
鼎dǐngthe cauldron('s)
折zhéa broken
足zúleg
覆fùoverturning
公gōngthe duke's
餗sùsimple meal
其qíhis
形xíngperson
渥wòis soaked
凶xiōngwoe
Line 5: 鼎黃耳金鉉利貞
鼎dǐngthe cauldron('s)
黃huánggolden
耳ěrears
金jīnand metal
鉉xuàngrip
利lìit is worthwhile
貞zhēnto persist
Line 6: 鼎玉鉉大吉無不利
鼎dǐngthe cauldron('s)
玉yùa jade
鉉xuàngrip
大dàmuch
吉jípromise
無wúwithout
不bùnot
利lìworthwhile
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire →Wateryin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramWind →Thundergentle to arousing
Yilin Verse
蹙狂跛衽，辟坐不行。棄損平人，名字无中。
Frenzied, lame, robes in disarray; crouching aside, unable to walk. Cast off and diminished among common men; name and repute amount to nothing.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 50 (The Caldron) to hexagram 3 (Difficulty at the Beginning). In the I-Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.