Hexagram 50: Dǐng (The Cauldron) · Takashima Ekidan

火风鼎 · 第 50 卦 · 中文版

Fire over Wind: The Cauldron. The Cauldron: Greatly auspicious; success.

Recorded Cases (9)

A certain gentleman came to request a divination about his wife’s illness and received the Cauldron (Six at the beginning: The Cauldron’s legs are overturned; it is beneficial to remove what is foul. One obtains a concubine because of her son; no blame.)
In the summer of the twelfth year of the Meiji era, the Osaka magnates Fujita Den saburo and Nakano (Nine in the second place: The cauldron contains substance; my adversary is ill and cannot approach me. Good fortune.)
One day a certain friend came and said: Recently a matchmaker came to propose a marriage to me. Plea (Nine in the second place: The cauldron contains substance; my adversary is ill and cannot approach me. Good fortune.)
In the thirty-first year of the Meiji era, a divination was made concerning relations between Britai (Nine in the second place: The cauldron contains substance; my adversary is ill and cannot approach me. Good fortune.)
In the spring of the twentieth year of the Meiji era, I met a certain distinguished nobleman. We dis (Nine in the third place: The cauldron’s ears are altered; its movement is blocked. Pheasant fat is not eaten. When rain comes, regret is diminished; in the end, good fortune.)
In the seventh month of the fifteenth year of the Meiji era, an internal revolt broke out in the cap (Nine in the fourth place: The cauldron’s leg breaks; the duke’s food is overturned, and its appearance is soaked. Misfortune.)
A certain merchant came and requested a divination concerning his fortunes; the yarrow stalks yielde (Six in the fifth place: The cauldron has yellow ears and golden carrying bars. Beneficial to remain steadfast.)
In the thirty-first year of Meiji, a divination was made concerning the fortunes of the Reform Party (Six in the fifth place: The cauldron has yellow ears and golden carrying bars. Beneficial to remain steadfast.)
A certain gentleman came and requested a divination concerning his fortunes; the yarrow stalks yield (Top nine: The ding with jade crossbars. Great auspiciousness; nothing is disadvantageous.)

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