Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning

Opposition
Fire / Lake
Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

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

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

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