Hexagram:Difficulty at the Beginning →Hexagram:The Creative
I Ching Transformation
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
汎汎柏舟，流行不休。耿耿寤寐，心懷大憂。仁不逢時，復隱窮居。
Drifting, drifting, the cypress boat; floating on and on without rest. Sleepless through the watches; the heart bears a great sorrow. Benevolence does not meet its time; one retreats again to dwell in poverty.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 3 (Difficulty at the Beginning) to hexagram 1 (The Creative). In the I Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.