Hexagram:Difficulty at the Beginning →Hexagram:Coming to Meet
I Ching Transformation
3
Difficulty at the Beginning
Zhun
Water / Thunder
→
44
Coming to Meet
Gou
Heaven / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Heavenabysmal to creative
Lower TrigramThunder →Windarousing to gentle
Yilin Verse
東徙不時，觸患離憂。井泥無濡，思叔舊居。
Moving east at the wrong time, meeting calamity and parting from joy. The well turns to mud, yielding no moisture; one longs for uncle’s old 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 44 (Coming to Meet). 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.