Contemporary Interpretation
Surprising insight
Growing,
Until I am
Fully
MYSELF.
Then again
Merging into
All-oneness,
The song
Of the world:
Surprising
In-Sight.
Follow the Path of the Dao: A Western Approximation
The Hexagram's Inner Trigrams
Upper Trigram: Li, Fire
2nd Core Character: Dui, Lake
1st Core Character: Qian, Heaven
Lower Trigram: Sun, Wind (Tree)
The Hexagram's Inner Trigrams in the Context of Yin and Yang
Changes and Impulses
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The cauldron (50) signifies receiving the new.
The image
Above the wood is fire: the image of the cauldron. Thus the superior man consolidates fate by correcting the position.
The judgement
The caldron. Sublime good fortune. Success.Full text of Richard Wilhelm's 1924 translation by Cary F. Baynes
- Hexagram 49 → hexagram 50 → hexagram 51
- LIV2 (To Walk the Space Between)
- Summer
- X Wheel of Fortune and Four of Wands