| 鼎 | 50 DingThe Cauldron |
| Great good fortune. Your plea is heard. | |
| ====x==== | A cauldron with a jade carrying-pole. Great good fortune. All signs are favorable. |
| === o === | A cauldron with yellow ears and a bronze carrying-pole. Good omen. |
| ========= | The cauldron breaks a leg and spills the duke's stew. His punishment will be execution. Misfortune. |
| ========= | The cauldron sheds its ears. His movement will be blocked. The plump meat of the pheasant is uneaten. The frontier rains will diminish. There are problems, but good fortune in the end. |
| ========= | The cauldron is full. My enemy is ill and cannot get to me. Good fortune. |
| === o === | The cauldron's legs are upturned. Now is the time to expel the bad. Take a consort to get a son. No harm will come. |
| 夬(決) | 43 JueHaste |
| On view in the courtyard of the king, the captives cry out. From a town comes a report of danger. This is not the time to regulate the Rong tribes. It is the time to go on a journey. | |
| === === | There are no cries. There is misfortune in the end. |
| ========= | The mountain goat leaps, helter-skelter, down the middle of the road. No harm will come. |
| ========= | No flesh on his buttocks, his steps are hobbled. If he leads a sheep then problems will disappear. He will hear talk but is not reliable. |
| ========= | His strength is in his face. There will be misfortune. The nobleman heads out alone hurry-scurry. He meets with rain and gets wet. There is displeasure, but no harm. |
| ========= | Cries of alarm. Attacks come in the night. Fear not. |
| ========= | His strength is in stopping beforehand. Going will not bring victory. It will be harmful. |