Hexagram:The Caldron →Hexagram:Holding Together
I Ching Transformation
50
The Caldron
Ding
Fire / Wind
→
8
Holding Together
Bi
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire →Wateryin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramWind →Earthgentle to receptive
Yilin Verse
陸居少泉，高山无雲。車行千里，塗污爾輪，亦為我患。
Dwelling inland, springs are few; high mountains bear no clouds. The cart travels a thousand li; mud fouls its wheels and becomes our affliction too.
— 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 8 (Holding Together). 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.