Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning → Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed

Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramThunder WindThe Arousing → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

南巴六安,石解戟天。所指不已,耋老復丁。弊室舊墟,更為新家。

Nanba, Liu’an; stones split, halberds point to heaven. Pointing ceaselessly onward; the aged return to youth. The ruined dwelling and old ruins become a new home.

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

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