Hexagram 50 鼎, Line 3
鼎
Hexagram 50 · third line, undivided (nine)
鼎耳革，其行塞，雉膏不食，方雨虧悔，終吉。
The third line, undivided, shows the caldron with (the places of) its ears changed. The progress (of its subject) is (thus) stopped. The fat flesh of the pheasant (which is in the caldron) will not be eaten. But the (genial) rain will come, and the grounds for repentance will disappear. There will be good fortune in the end.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
鼎耳革，失其義也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 50 becomes hexagram 64.
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Character glossary
- 鼎dǐnglarge, three-legged bronze cauldron
- 耳ěrear; to hear, to hear of; handle
- 革géleather, animal hide; to reform; to remo
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 塞sāito stop up, to seal, to cork, to block;
- 雉zhìpheasant; crenellated wall
- 膏gāogrease, fat; ointment, paste
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 食shífood; to eat
- 方fāngsquare, rectangle; side; region; flag
- 雨yǔrain
- 虧kuīto lose, to fail; loss, damages; deficie
- 悔huǐto regret, to repent, to show remorse
- 終zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 失shīto lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
- 義yìright conduct, propriety; justice
- 也yěalso, too
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.