Hexagram 3
Difficulty at the Beginning
Also: Sprouting, Initial Difficulty
☵ Water over ☳ Thunder
Difficulty at the Beginning works supreme success, furthering through perseverance. Nothing should be undertaken. It furthers one to appoint helpers.
Clouds and thunder: the image of Difficulty at the Beginning. Thus the superior person brings order out of confusion.
Hesitation and hindrance. It furthers one to remain persevering. It furthers one to appoint helpers.
Difficulties pile up. Horse and wagon part. He is not a robber; he wants to woo when the time is right. The maiden is chaste and does not pledge herself. Ten years, then she pledges herself.
Whoever hunts deer without the forester only loses their way in the forest. The superior person understands the signs of the time and prefers to desist. To go on brings humiliation.
Horse and wagon part. Strive for union. To go brings good fortune. Everything acts to further.
Difficulties in blessing. A little perseverance brings good fortune. Great perseverance brings misfortune.
Horse and wagon part. Bloody tears flow.
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