解 → 屯
Hexagram 40: Deliverance → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning
䷧
解
Deliverance
Thunder / Water
→
䷂
屯
Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder → WaterThe Arousing → The Deep
Lower TrigramWater → ThunderThe Deep → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
孟伯食長，懼其畏王。賴四蒙五，抱福歸房。
Meng Bo feasts on the eldests portion, fearing the kings displeasure. Relying on the fourth and fifth, he embraces good fortune and returns to his chamber.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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