屯 → 咸
Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning → Hexagram 31: Influence
䷂
屯
Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
→
䷞
咸
Influence
Lake / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → LakeThe Deep → The Joyous
Lower TrigramThunder → MountainThe Arousing → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
炎絕續光，火滅復明。簡易理得，以成乾功。
The flame goes out, the light continues; the fire dies, then blazes again. Simple and easy, the principle is grasped; thereby the work of Qian is accomplished.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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