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易 · #50

鼎

The Cauldron

Hexagram 50

Hexagram 50 The Cauldron (鼎)

Upper

離Fire火

Lower

巽Wind風

Meaning · modern paraphrase

The cauldron; the vessel of the new — fill it with care.

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Related hexagrams

Opposite (錯卦)屯Difficulty at the Beginning

Inverted (綜卦)革Revolution

Same upper trigram

大有Great Possession 噬嗑Biting Through 離The Clinging 晉Progress 睽Opposition 旅The Wanderer 未濟Before Completion

Same lower trigram

蠱Work on the Decayed 大過Great Excess 恆Duration 姤Coming to Meet 升Pushing Upward 井The Well 巽The Gentle

The I Ching is a traditional divination classic, for reflection and reference.