Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning → Hexagram 43: Breakthrough

Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Breakthrough
Lake / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater LakeThe Deep → The Joyous
Lower TrigramThunder HeavenThe Arousing → The Creative

Yilin Verse

有鳥來飛,集于古樹。鳴聲可惡,主將出去。

A bird comes flying, alighting on an ancient tree. Its cry is hateful; the master will depart.

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

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