Hexagram 50 鼎, Line 6
鼎
Hexagram 50 · sixth line, undivided (nine)
鼎玉鉉，大吉，无不利。
The sixth line, undivided, shows the caldron with rings of jade. There will be great good fortune, and all action taken will be in every way advantageous.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
玉鉉在上，剛柔節也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 50 becomes hexagram 32.
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Character glossary
- 鼎dǐnglarge, three-legged bronze cauldron
- 玉yùjade, gem, precious stone
- 鉉xuàna device for carrying a tripod
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate t
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to at
- 剛gānghard, strong, tough; just, barely
- 柔róusoft, supple; gentle; flexible
- 節jiéfestival; knot, joint; segment; to econo
- 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.