Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning

Splitting Apart
Earth / Mountain
Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Lower TrigramMountain ThunderKeeping Still → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

北山有棗,橘柚於聚。荷囊載香,盈我筐筥。

On the northern mountain there are jujubes; tangerines and citrons gathered together. Carrying a pouch laden with fragrance, filling my baskets and hampers.

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

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