Hexagram 22: Grace → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning

Grace
Mountain / Fire
Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain WaterKeeping Still → The Deep
Lower TrigramFire ThunderThe Clinging → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

日出阜東,山蔽其明;章甫薦屨,箕子𦍕狂。

The sun rises east of the hill, but the mountain blocks its light. A ceremonial cap offered in place of sandals; Jizi feigned madness.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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