Hexagram 50 鼎, Line 4
鼎
Hexagram 50 · fourth line, undivided (nine)
鼎折足，覆公餗，其刑渥，凶。
The fourth line, undivided, shows the caldron with its feet broken; and its contents, designed for the rulers use, overturned and spilt. Its subject will be made to blush for shame. There will be evil.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
覆公餗，信如何也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 50 becomes hexagram 18.
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Character glossary
- 鼎dǐnglarge, three-legged bronze cauldron
- 折zhéto break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to
- 足zúfoot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
- 覆fùto cover; to overturn; to repeat; to rep
- 公gōngfair, equitable; public; duke
- 餗sùa pot of cooked rice
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 刑xíngpunishment, penalty; law
- 渥wòto enrich, to dye; to moisten, to soak
- 凶xiōngculprit; murder; bad, sad
- 信xìnto trust, to believe; letter, sign
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 何héwhat, why, where, which, how
- 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.