Hexagram:Difficulty at the Beginning →Hexagram:The Wanderer
I Ching Transformation
3
Difficulty at the Beginning
Zhun
Water / Thunder
→
56
The Wanderer
Lu
Fire / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Fireyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramThunder →Mountainarousing to stillness
Yilin Verse
雙鳧俱飛，欲歸稻食。經涉萑澤，為矢所射，傷我胸臆。
A pair of wild ducks fly together, wanting to return and feed on rice. Passing through the reed marshes, they are struck by arrows that pierce breast and wing.
— 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 56 (The Wanderer). 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.