歸妹 → 屯
Hexagram 54: The Marrying Maiden → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning
䷵
歸妹
The Marrying Maiden
Thunder / Lake
→
䷂
屯
Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder → WaterThe Arousing → The Deep
Lower TrigramLake → ThunderThe Joyous → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
魚欲負流。眾不同心，至德安樂。
The fish would swim against the current. The multitude are not of one heart; through utmost virtue, peace and joy prevail.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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