損 → 屯
Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning
䷨
損
Decrease
Mountain / Lake
→
䷂
屯
Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain → WaterKeeping Still → The Deep
Lower TrigramLake → ThunderThe Joyous → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
羊腸九縈，相推稍前。止須王孫，迺能上天。
The sheep-gut path winds nine times; pushing one another, inching forward. Wait for the prince's son; then you may ascend to heaven.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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