Hexagram:Difficulty at the Beginning →Hexagram:The Caldron
I-Ching Transformation
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 磐桓利居貞利建侯
Line 2: 屯如邅如乘馬班如匪寇婚媾女子貞不字十年乃字
Line 3: 即鹿無虞惟入于林中君子幾不如舍往吝
Line 4: 乘馬班如求婚媾往吉無不利
Line 5: 屯其膏小貞吉大貞凶
Line 6: 乘馬班如泣血漣如
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
區脫康居，慕義入朝。湛露之歡，三爵畢恩。復歸野廬，與母相扶。
Envoys from distant lands, drawn by righteousness, come to court. Enjoying the feast of glistening dew, three cups complete the grace. They return to their wilderness huts, supporting their mothers.
— 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 50 (The Caldron). 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.