睽 → 屯
Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2
九二 遇主于巷。无咎。
Nine in the second place means: One meets his lord in a narrow street. No blame.
Line 4
九四 睽孤。遇元夫。交孚。厲无咎。
Nine in the fourth place means: Isolated through opposition, One meets a like-minded man With whom one can associate in good faith. Despite the danger, no blame.
Line 5
六五 悔亡。厥宗噬膚。往何咎。
Six in the fifth place means: Remorse disappears. The companion bites his way through the wrappings. If one goes to him, How could it be a mistake?
Line 6
上九 睽孤。見豕負塗。載鬼一車。先張之弧。後說之弧。匪寇婚媾。往遇雨則吉。
Nine at the top means: Isolated through opposition, One sees one's companion as a pig covered with dirt, As a wagon full of devils. First one draws a bow against him, then one lays the bow aside. He is not a robber; he will woo at the right time. As one goes, rain falls; then good fortune comes.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
改柯易葉，飯溫不食。豪雄爭強，先者受福。
Changing branch and swapping leaf; the meal grows cold, uneaten. Bold heroes vie for dominance; the first to act receives the blessing.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire above the lake pulls in opposing directions as the old order sheds its skin. Branches change shape, leaves transform; cooked food grows cold and goes uneaten. In such times of upheaval, bold contenders vie for supremacy, and whoever moves first seizes the advantage. The verse captures the energy of revolutionary transition: when the familiar decays, hesitation means starvation. From Opposition to Difficulty at the Beginning, the estranged energies of fire and lake reform as thunder rumbling beneath gathering clouds — the birth-storm of a new world. Clouds and thunder signal that creative potential is coalescing, but only the daring who act before the storm breaks can plant their standard in the nascent terrain.
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