Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning

Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 3).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater Water
Lower TrigramMountain ThunderKeeping Still → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

作室山根,人以為安。一旦崩頹,敗我盤飡。

A house built on a mountain's base; people thought it safe. One morning it collapses and crumbles, ruining our meal and board.

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

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