大畜 → 屯
Hexagram 26: Great Taming → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning
䷙
大畜
Great Taming
Mountain / Heaven
→
䷂
屯
Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain → WaterKeeping Still → The Deep
Lower TrigramHeaven → ThunderThe Creative → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
水暴橫行,緣屋壞墻。泱泱溢溢,市師驚惶。居止不殆,與母相保。
Floodwater surges unchecked, climbing eaves and breaking walls. Vast and overflowing; the marketplace is seized with panic. Stay still and do not venture out; shelter with mother and hold fast.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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