Hexagram 43: Breakthrough → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning

Breakthrough
Lake / Heaven
Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake WaterThe Joyous → The Deep
Lower TrigramHeaven ThunderThe Creative → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

雞鳴失時,君騷相憂。犬吠不休,行者稽留。

The cock crows out of time; lord and minister fret together. The dog barks without cease; the traveler is delayed.

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

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