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50 Cauldron
The Statement of the first hexagram
Cauldron.
Great fortune.
Continue.
Great fortune.
Continue.
The changing lines
The second line:
No fault.
A cauldron is full. My enemies are ill
and cannot approach me: fortune.
No fault.
A cauldron is full. My enemies are ill
and cannot approach me: fortune.
The fourth line:
A cauldron's feet break.
The duke's sacrificial food pours out.
His person is stained. Misfortune.
A cauldron's feet break.
The duke's sacrificial food pours out.
His person is stained. Misfortune.
The fifth line:
A cauldron with yellow handles
and a golden carrier. Gainful virtue.
A cauldron with yellow handles
and a golden carrier. Gainful virtue.
The sixth line:
A cauldron with a jade carrier.
Great fortune. Nothing but gain.
A cauldron with a jade carrier.
Great fortune. Nothing but gain.
39 Hindered
The Statement of the second hexagram
Gain in the west and south.
No gain in the east and north.
Gain by seeing the great person.
Pure fortune.
No gain in the east and north.
Gain by seeing the great person.
Pure fortune.
The Image of the first hexagram
Fire on top of wood:
cauldron.
The noble one takes the
principal seat
to solidify his commands.
Could you stoke
the cauldron that feeds
all people?
cauldron.
The noble one takes the
principal seat
to solidify his commands.
Could you stoke
the cauldron that feeds
all people?
The Image of the second hexagram
Water on top of the
mountain: hindered.
The noble one
turns inward
to cultivate virtue.
mountain: hindered.
The noble one
turns inward
to cultivate virtue.
