震 → 屯
Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning
䷲
震
The Arousing Thunder
Thunder / Thunder
→
䷂
屯
Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder → WaterThe Arousing → The Deep
Lower TrigramThunder → Thunder
Yilin Verse
揚水潛鑿，使君潔白。衣素附珠，遊戲皋沃。得其所願，心志娛樂。
Raising water, drilling deep; making the lord pure and white. Clothed in plain silk adorned with pearls, roaming the rich meadows. Attaining what is wished for; heart and will are filled with joy.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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