Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning → Hexagram 7: The Army

Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
The Army
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater EarthThe Deep → The Receptive
Lower TrigramThunder WaterThe Arousing → The Deep

Yilin Verse

李梅冬實,國多盜賊。擾亂並作,君不能息。

Plum and pear fruit in winter; the land is full of thieves and bandits. Turmoil rises on every side; the lord cannot put it to rest.

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

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