Hexagram 19 臨 changing to hexagram 50 鼎
Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 3, 4, 6.
What to read
Four changing lines: read the two unchanged lines of the resulting hexagram; the lower one is the main one. (Rule set out by Zhu Xi in the Yixue qimeng.)
Hexagram 50 鼎, line 2
鼎有實，我仇有疾，不我能即，吉。
The second line, undivided, shows the caldron with the things (to be cooked) in it. (If its subject can say), 'My enemy dislikes me, but he cannot approach me' there will be good fortune.
Hexagram 50 鼎, line 5
鼎黃耳金鉉，利貞。
The fifth line, divided, shows the caldron with yellow ears and rings of metal in them. There will be advantage through being firm and correct.
The two hexagrams
Hexagram 19 臨 — judgment
元亨。利貞。至于八月有凶。
Lin (indicates that under the conditions supposed in it) there will be great progress and success, while it will be advantageous to be firmly correct. In the eighth month there will be evil.
Hexagram 50 鼎 — judgment
元吉，亨。
Ting gives the intimation of great progress and success.
The changing lines of hexagram 19
| Line | Chinese | Legge |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 咸臨，貞吉。 | The first line, undivided, shows its subject advancing in company (with the subject of the second line). Through his firm correctness there will be good fortune. |
| 3 | 甘臨，无攸利。既憂之，无咎。 | The third line, divided, shows one well pleased (indeed) to advance, (but whose action) will be in no way advantageous. If he become anxious about it (however), there will be no error. |
| 4 | 至臨，无咎。 | The fourth line, divided, shows one advancing in the highest mode. There will be no error. |
| 6 | 敦臨，吉无咎。 | The sixth line, divided, shows the advance of honesty and generosity. There will be good fortune, and no error. |
English: James Legge (1882), public domain. Chinese: Zhou Yi.
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.