Hexagram:Difficulty at the Beginning →Hexagram:Work on the Decayed
I Ching Transformation
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
南巴六安，石解戟天。所指不已，耋老復丁。弊室舊墟，更為新家。
Nanba, Liu’an; stones split, halberds point to heaven. Pointing ceaselessly onward; the aged return to youth. The ruined dwelling and old ruins become a new home.
— 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 18 (Work on the Decayed). 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.