Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning → Hexagram 19: Approach

Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Approach
Earth / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater EarthThe Deep → The Receptive
Lower TrigramThunder LakeThe Arousing → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

家給人足,頌聲並作。四夷賓伏,干戈韜閣。

Every household is supplied, every person has enough; hymns of praise arise together. The four barbarian tribes submit; weapons are sheathed and stored away.

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

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