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Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning → Hexagram 64: Before Completion

Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
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Before Completion
Fire / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater FireThe Deep → The Clinging
Lower TrigramThunder WaterThe Arousing → The Deep

Yilin Verse

愛我嬰女,牽衣不與。冀幸高貴,反曰賤下。

Loving my young daughter, tugging at her sleeve, unwilling to let go. Hoping for a noble and lofty match; but instead it is said to be lowly.

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

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