50 - The Caldron

Contemporary Interpretation

50 - The Caldron

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

yang yin yang yang yang yin

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

The hexagram's inner trigrams within the fields 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