Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning

The Clinging Fire
Fire / Fire
Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire WaterThe Clinging → The Deep
Lower TrigramFire ThunderThe Clinging → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

坐車乘軒,據國子民,虞叔受命,和合六親。

Seated in carriage, riding with canopy; holding the state, governing the people. Lord Yu of Shu receives the mandate; harmonizing and uniting the six kinships.

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

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