比 → 屯
Hexagram 8: Holding Together → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning
䷇
比
Holding Together
Water / Earth
→
䷂
屯
Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 1).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → Water
Lower TrigramEarth → ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
取火流泉，釣鰟山顛。魚不可得，火不肯燃。
Seeking fire from a flowing spring, fishing atop a mountain peak. The fish cannot be caught; the fire will not ignite.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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