兌 → 屯
Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning
䷹
兌
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
→
䷂
屯
Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → WaterThe Joyous → The Deep
Lower TrigramLake → ThunderThe Joyous → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
夾河為婚，期至无船。搖心失望，不見所歡。
A marriage arranged across the river, but when the day arrives no boat appears. The anxious heart loses hope; the beloved is nowhere to be seen.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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