Hexagram:Difficulty at the Beginning →Hexagram:Great Possession
I-Ching Transformation
3
Difficulty at the Beginning
Zhun
Water / Thunder
→
14
Great Possession
Da You
Fire / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2: 屯如邅如乘馬班如匪寇婚媾女子貞不字十年乃字
屯zhūnsummoning help
如rúit may seems
邅zhānturning around
如rúis the same as
乘chénga team of four
馬mǎhorses
班bānarrayed
如rúalike
匪fěiit
寇kòuassailant
婚hūnmarital
媾gòusuitor
女nǚlady
子zǐyoung
貞zhēndetermined
不bùno
字zìbabies
十shíten more
年niányears
乃nǎiand
字zìbabies
Line 3: 即鹿無虞惟入于林中君子幾不如舍往吝
即jípursue
鹿lùdeer
無wúwithout
虞yúpreparation
惟wéiall alone
入rùentering
于yúinto
林línforest's
中zhōnginterior
君jūnnoble
子zǐyoung one
幾jīdiscerning
不bùthis
如rúthe same thing as
舍shěgiving up
往wǎngto go
吝lìnembarrassing
Line 4: 乘馬班如求婚媾往吉無不利
乘chénga team of four
馬mǎhorses
班bānarrayed
如rúalike
求qiúquest
婚hūnmarital
媾gòusuitor
往wǎngto go forward
吉jípromising
無wúwithout
不bùdoubt
利lìworthwhile
Line 5: 屯其膏小貞吉大貞凶
屯zhūnpulling together
其qíone's
膏gāoriches
小xiǎomodest
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jípromising
大dàmuch
貞zhēnpersistence
凶xiōngunfortunate
Line 6: 乘馬班如泣血漣如
乘chénga team of four
馬mǎhorses
班bānarrayed
如rúalike
泣qìtears
血xuèof blood
漣liánflowing
如rúas if
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Fireyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramThunder →Heavenarousing to creative
Yilin Verse
河伯大呼，津不得渡。船空無人，往來亦難。
The River God cries out; the ford cannot be crossed. The boat is empty, no one aboard; coming and going are likewise difficult.
— 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 14 (Great Possession). 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.