Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning → Hexagram 8: Holding Together

Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Holding Together
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 1).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater Water
Lower TrigramThunder EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

獐鹿逐牧,飽歸其居。反還次舍,無有疾故。

Roe and deer follow the pasture; sated, they return to their dwelling. Coming back to their lodging; without any sickness or mishap.

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

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