Hexagram:The Wanderer →Hexagram:Difficulty at the Beginning
I Ching Transformation
56
The Wanderer
Lu
Fire / Mountain
→
3
Difficulty at the Beginning
Zhun
Water / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire →Wateryin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramMountain →Thunderstillness to arousing
Yilin Verse
眾鳥所聚，中有大怪，九身无頭。魂驚魄去，不可以居。
Where the flock gathers, amid them lurks a great horror: nine bodies without a head. The soul is startled, the spirit flees; one cannot dwell there.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 56 (The Wanderer) to hexagram 3 (Difficulty at the Beginning). 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.