Hexagram:Difficulty at the Beginning →Hexagram:Duration
I Ching Transformation
3
Difficulty at the Beginning
Zhun
Water / Thunder
→
32
Duration
Heng
Thunder / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Thunderabysmal to arousing
Lower TrigramThunder →Windarousing to gentle
Yilin Verse
多載重負，捐棄于野。予母誰子，但自勞苦。
Carrying many heavy burdens; abandoning them in the wilds. Who is the mother to this child? Only she herself toils and suffers.
— 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 32 (Duration). 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.