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Storm Goretti Shat On Us
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_(vessel)
#50 鼎
Hexagram 50: The Sacrificial Vessel (Ding)
Out with the old, in with the new; the ancient sages took great care in discerning when the moment of metamorphosis arrives. That's why in the known traditional Yi sequence, #50 comes after #49 "Revolution".
It is only when a certain "resource" has been fully exhausted (a situation; sentiment, regrets, baggage; a bad stomach; people and their natures; contracts; sudden occurrences; societal structures; your homework, etc etc) does change gonna come.
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鼎:
元吉
亨
The Sacrificial Vessel:
Supreme sucesss/fortune
Offering (aka "this is a time of equivalent exchange/metamorphosis/shits about to go down")
木上有火 -
鼎;
君子以正位凝命。
(The trigram representing) Wood and above it, Fire -
The Sacrificial Vessel/Ding;
Wilhelm/Baynes: Fire over wood: the image of The Cauldron. Thus the superior man consolidates his fate by making his position correct.
Legge: Wood under a fire -- the image of a Sacrificial Vessel. The superior man maintains his correctness in every situation to secure the appointment of heaven
Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes fire upon wood. The Superior Man, taking his stance as righteousness requires, adheres firmly to heaven's decrees.