The Cauldron Hexagram 50 of the I Ching (Yijing · 周易)

The Judgment

The Six Moving Lines

• Six at the beginningA ting with legs turned up; furthers removal of what is stagnant; one takes a concubine for the sake of her son; no blame.初六：鼎颠趾，利出否。得妾以其子，无咎。
• Nine in the second placeThere is food in the ting; my comrades are envious, but they cannot harm me; good fortune.九二：鼎有实，我仇有疾，不我能即，吉。
• Nine in the third placeThe handle of the ting is altered; one is impeded in one's way of life; the fat of the pheasant is not eaten; once rain falls, remorse is spent; good fortune comes in the end.九三：鼎耳革，其行塞，雉膏不食，方雨亏悔，终吉。
• Nine in the fourth placeThe leg of the ting is broken; the duke's meal is spilled and his person is soiled; misfortune.九四：鼎折足，覆公餗，其形渥，凶。
• Six in the fifth placeThe ting has yellow handles, golden carrying rings; perseverance furthers.六五：鼎黄耳，金铉，利贞。
• Nine at the topThe ting has jade rings; great good fortune; nothing that would not act to further.上九：鼎玉铉，大吉，无不利。