Hexagram 49: Revolution → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning

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

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

憂禍解除,喜至慶來。坐立懽門,與樂為鄰。

Worry and misfortune dispelled; joy arrives, blessings come. Seated and standing at the gate of gladness, dwelling as a neighbor to delight.

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

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