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Hexagram:
03. Difficulty at the Beginning
Line #
Drawn as
Energy
Duality
Trigram
Dynamic
Polarity
Upper Trigram
Water
Middle Son
Immature Yang
Lower Trigram
Thunder
Eldest Son
Immature Yang
6
5
4
3
2
1
Yin
Yang
Yin
Yin
Yin
Yang
Feminine
Masculine
Feminine
Feminine
Feminine
Masculine
#
English Name
Chinese Name
Hanzi
Pinyin
Action
Hexagram:
卦 Guà
03. Difficulty at the Beginning
屯
zhūn
Persevere
Hidden Influence:
互卦 Hu Guà (nuclear)
23. Splitting Apart
剝
bō
Regenerate
Underlying Cause:
綜卦 Zong Guà (reverse)
50. The Cauldron
鼎
dǐng / ting
Refine
Expression:
"I face challenges"
Image:
Clouds and thunder: the image of Difficulty at the Beginning. Thus the superior man brings order out of confusion.
Judgement:
Difficulty at the Beginning works supreme success, furthering through perseverance. Nothing should be undertaken. It furthers one to appoint helpers.
Affirmation:
Overall meaning:
Upright Hexagram
Rotated 90°
counter clockwise
Change - - to 0
Change — to 1
Binary Number Created:
010001
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Blogfeld
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Legge
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Wilhelm/Baynes
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Wilhelm/Baynes
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Wilhelm/Baynes
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Blogfeld
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Wilhelm/Baynes
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Blogfeld
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Legge
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Wilhelm/Baynes
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Binary:
010001
Structure:
Unicode decimal:
Non-Core Gua
19906
Unicode hex:
00000
Sector:
11.25 to 16.875
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