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Difficulty at the Beginning Hexagram 3 of the I Ching (Yijing · 周易)
Hard beginning, order through difficulty
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The Judgment
Difficulty at the beginning — sublime success; perseverance furthers.
The Six Moving Lines
- Nine at the beginningHesitation and hindrance — it furthers one to remain persevering and to seek help.初九：磐桓，利居贞，利建侯。
- Six in the second placeDifficulties pile up; horse and wagon part; not a robber, a suitor comes; the maiden is chaste — no pledge.六二：屯如邅如，乘马班如，匪寇婚媾。女子贞不字，十年乃字。
- Six in the third placeWhoever hunts deer without the forester only loses his way in the forest.六三：即鹿无虞，惟入于林中，君子几不如舍，往吝。
- Six in the fourth placeHorse and wagon part; seek union; to go brings good fortune, everything acts to further.六四：乘马班如，求婚媾，往吉，无不利。
- Nine in the fifth placeDifficulties in blessing; a little perseverance brings good fortune, great perseverance brings danger.九五：屯其膏，小贞吉，大贞凶。
- Six at the topHorse and wagon part; weeping blood in streams.上六：乘马班如，泣血涟如。