大壯

Hexagram 34: Great Power → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning

大壯
Great Power
Thunder / Heaven
Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder WaterThe Arousing → The Deep
Lower TrigramHeaven ThunderThe Creative → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

獮猴冠帶,盜載非位,眾犬嘈吠,狂走厥足。

A monkey in cap and sash; a thief bearing what is not his station. A pack of dogs bark and bay; he bolts in mad flight on frantic feet.

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

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