Hexagram 50 · ䷱
The Cauldron. Supreme good fortune. Success.
Judgment
The Cauldron. Supreme good fortune. Success.
Image
Fire over wood represents the Cauldron. The noble person consolidates position and secures destiny.
Lines
A cauldron with upturned legs. It furthers to remove the spoiled. Taking a concubine brings good fortune. No blame. There is food in the cauldron. Enemies are envious but cannot ha...
The Cauldron. Supreme good fortune. Success.
The Cauldron. Supreme good fortune. Success.
The Cauldron is an image. Wood enters fire, and this produces a meal. The holy man prepares the meal to honor God, and the great meal is prepared to nourish the holy sages. Gentle and devoted, with ears and eyes clear, the yielding advances and moves upward, attains the middle and responds to the hard—hence supreme success.
The Cauldron is an image. Wood enters fire to produce a meal. The holy man prepares meals to honor God and nourish the holy sages. Gentleness and devotion with clear ears and eyes allow the yielding to advance upward, attaining the middle and responding to the hard.
Fire over wood: the image of the Cauldron. The noble person consolidates his position and secures his destiny.
Fire over wood represents the Cauldron. The noble person consolidates position and secures destiny.
A cauldron with upturned legs. It furthers to get rid of what is spoiled. To take a concubine brings good fortune. No blame.
A cauldron with upturned legs. It furthers to remove the spoiled. Taking a concubine brings good fortune. No blame.
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A cauldron with upturned legs: there is nothing that would be a mistake. It furthers to get rid of what is spoiled: this means following the esteemed.
Upturned cauldron is no mistake. Removing the spoiled means following the esteemed.
There is food in the cauldron. My enemies are envious, but they cannot harm me. Good fortune.
There is food in the cauldron. Enemies are envious but cannot harm. Good fortune.
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There is food in the cauldron: be careful where you go. My enemies are envious: in the end there is no blame.
Food in cauldron—be careful where you go. Enemies envious but no blame in the end.
The handle of the cauldron is altered. One is impeded in his way of life. The fat of the pheasant is not eaten. Once rain falls, remorse is spent. In the end, good fortune comes.
The cauldron's handle is altered. One's way of life is impeded. The pheasant's fat is not eaten. Once rain falls, remorse is spent. Good fortune comes.
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The handle of the cauldron is altered: he loses his meaning.
Altered handle means losing meaning.
The legs of the cauldron are broken. The prince's meal is spilled and his person is soiled. Misfortune.
The cauldron's legs are broken. The prince's meal is spilled and he is soiled. Misfortune.
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The prince's meal is spilled: how can he be trusted?
Spilled meal means how can he be trusted?
The cauldron has yellow handles, golden carrying rings. Perseverance furthers.
The cauldron has yellow handles and golden carrying rings. Perseverance furthers.
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The cauldron has yellow handles: the middle is grasped as the substantial.
Yellow handles mean grasping the middle as substantial.
The cauldron has rings of jade. Supreme good fortune. Nothing that would not further.
The cauldron has jade rings. Supreme good fortune. Nothing that would not further.
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The jade ring at the top: the hard and the soft are properly regulated.
Jade ring at top means hard and soft are properly regulated.
What does Ting / The Caldron mean in the I Ching?
The Cauldron. Supreme good fortune. Success.
How should I study Hexagram 50 on this page?
Start with the judgment and image, then read the line statements in sequence. A cauldron with upturned legs. It furthers to remove the spoiled. Taking a concubine brings good fortune. No blame. There is food in the cauldron. Enemies are envious but cannot ha...
How can this hexagram be applied in a modern reading?
The Cauldron is an image. Wood enters fire to produce a meal. The holy man prepares meals to honor God and nourish the holy sages. Gentleness and devotion with clear ears and eyes allow the yielding to advance upward, at...
Primary text: Zhouyi / I Ching, including the Judgment, Image, line texts, and related commentaries.
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