Hexagram:Difficulty at the Beginning →Hexagram:Oppression
I Ching Transformation
3
Difficulty at the Beginning
Zhun
Water / Thunder
→
47
Oppression
Kun
Lake / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Lakeabysmal to joyous
Lower TrigramThunder →Waterarousing to abysmal
Yilin Verse
跛躓未起，先利後市，不得鹿子。
Stumbling, not yet risen; first profit, then market. One does not get the fawn.
— 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 47 (Oppression). 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.