Hexagram:Limitation →Hexagram:The Caldron
I-Ching Transformation
60
Limitation
Jie
Water / Lake
→
50
The Caldron
Ding
Fire / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 不出戶庭無咎
不bùnot
出chūgoing out
戶hùthe door
庭tíngthe chamber
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 3: 不節若則嗟若無咎
不bùno
節jiéboundary
若ruòsuch
則zéand consequently
嗟jiēlament
若ruòsuch
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 4: 安節亨
安ānsecure in
節jiéthe boundary
亨hēngfulfillment
Line 5: 甘節吉往有尚
甘gānsweet
節jiéboundary
吉jípromising
往wǎngto go ahead
有yǒuis
尚shàngworth
Line 6: 苦節貞凶悔亡
苦kǔbitter
節jiélimitation
貞zhēnpersistence
凶xiōngis unfortunate
悔huǐbut
亡wángpass
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Fireyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramLake →Windjoyous to gentle
Yilin Verse
三夜不寢，憂來益甚。戒以危懼，棄其安居。
Three nights without sleep; worry grows ever deeper. Warned by danger and fear, one abandons the peaceful dwelling.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 60 (Limitation) to hexagram 50 (The Caldron). 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.