Hexagram:The Caldron Hexagram:After Completion

I Ching Transformation

50
The Caldron
Ding
Fire / Wind
63
After Completion
Ji Ji
Water / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire Wateryin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramWind Firegentle to clinging

Yilin Verse

膠車駕東,與雨相逢。五楘解墮,頓阨獨坐,憂為身禍。

The glue-sealed cart drives east and meets the rain. The five leather bindings loosen and fall; halted in distress, he sits alone, fearing it will become his ruin.

— 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 63 (After Completion). 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.