Difficulty at the Beginning

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Difficulty at the Beginning. Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder. The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years. Its core insight is that change follows identifiable patterns -- by understanding them, one can act at the right time. • Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder

Within the Chinese philosophical tradition, as recorded in the classical texts that have shaped East Asian thought for millennia, Difficulty at the Beginning.
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Difficulty at the Beginning

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder

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Difficulty at the Beginning..

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder..

Youthful Folly

The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years..

Hexagram 4 · Mountain over Water

Its core insight is that change follows identifiable patterns -- by understanding them, one can act at the right time..

Hexagram 5 · Water over Heaven

Difficulty at the Beginning..

Hexagram 6 · Heaven over Water

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder..

Hexagram 7 · Earth over Water

The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years..

Holding Together

Its core insight is that change follows identifiable patterns -- by understanding them, one can act at the right time..

Hexagram 8 · Water over Earth

Difficulty at the Beginning..

Small Taming

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder..

Hexagram 9 · Wind over Heaven

The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years..

Hexagram 10 · Heaven over Lake

Its core insight is that change follows identifiable patterns -- by understanding them, one can act at the right time..

Hexagram 11 · Earth over Heaven

Difficulty at the Beginning..

Hexagram 12 · Heaven over Earth

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder..

Hexagram 13 · Heaven over Fire

The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years..

Great Possession

Its core insight is that change follows identifiable patterns -- by understanding them, one can act at the right time..

Hexagram 14 · Fire over Heaven

Difficulty at the Beginning..

Hexagram 15 · Earth over Mountain

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder..

Hexagram 16 · Thunder over Earth

The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years..

Hexagram 17 · Lake over Thunder

Its core insight is that change follows identifiable patterns -- by understanding them, one can act at the right time..

Hexagram 18 · Mountain over Wind

Difficulty at the Beginning..

Hexagram 19 · Earth over Lake

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder..

Contemplation

The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years..

Hexagram 20 · Wind over Earth

Its core insight is that change follows identifiable patterns -- by understanding them, one can act at the right time..

Biting Through

Difficulty at the Beginning..

Hexagram 21 · Fire over Thunder

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder..

Hexagram 22 · Mountain over Fire

The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years..

Splitting Apart

Its core insight is that change follows identifiable patterns -- by understanding them, one can act at the right time..

Hexagram 23 · Mountain over Earth

Difficulty at the Beginning..

Hexagram 24 · Earth over Thunder

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder..

Hexagram 25 · Heaven over Thunder

The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years..

Great Taming

Its core insight is that change follows identifiable patterns -- by understanding them, one can act at the right time..

Hexagram 26 · Mountain over Heaven

Difficulty at the Beginning..

Hexagram 27 · Mountain over Thunder

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder..

Great Excess

The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years..

Hexagram 28 · Lake over Wind

Its core insight is that change follows identifiable patterns -- by understanding them, one can act at the right time..

Hexagram 29 · Water over Water

Difficulty at the Beginning..

Hexagram 30 · Fire over Fire

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder..

Hexagram 31 · Lake over Mountain

The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years..

Hexagram 32 · Thunder over Wind

Its core insight is that change follows identifiable patterns -- by understanding them, one can act at the right time..

Hexagram 33 · Heaven over Mountain

Difficulty at the Beginning..

Hexagram 34 · Thunder over Heaven

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder..

Hexagram 35 · Fire over Earth

The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years..

Darkening of the Light

Its core insight is that change follows identifiable patterns -- by understanding them, one can act at the right time..

Hexagram 36 · Earth over Fire

Difficulty at the Beginning..

Hexagram 37 · Wind over Fire

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder..

Hexagram 38 · Fire over Lake

The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years..

Hexagram 39 · Water over Mountain

Its core insight is that change follows identifiable patterns -- by understanding them, one can act at the right time..

Hexagram 40 · Thunder over Water

Difficulty at the Beginning..

Hexagram 41 · Mountain over Lake

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder..

Hexagram 42 · Wind over Thunder

The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years..

Breakthrough

Its core insight is that change follows identifiable patterns -- by understanding them, one can act at the right time..

Hexagram 43 · Lake over Heaven

Difficulty at the Beginning..

Coming to Meet

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder..

Hexagram 44 · Heaven over Wind

The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years..

Gathering Together

Its core insight is that change follows identifiable patterns -- by understanding them, one can act at the right time..

Hexagram 45 · Lake over Earth

Difficulty at the Beginning..

Pushing Upward

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder..

Hexagram 46 · Earth over Wind

The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years..

Hexagram 47 · Lake over Water

Its core insight is that change follows identifiable patterns -- by understanding them, one can act at the right time..

Hexagram 48 · Water over Wind

Difficulty at the Beginning..

Hexagram 49 · Lake over Fire

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder..

The Cauldron

The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years..

Hexagram 50 · Fire over Wind

Its core insight is that change follows identifiable patterns -- by understanding them, one can act at the right time..

The Arousing

Difficulty at the Beginning..

Hexagram 51 · Thunder over Thunder

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder..

Hexagram 53 · Wind over Mountain

The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years..

The Marrying Maiden

Its core insight is that change follows identifiable patterns -- by understanding them, one can act at the right time..

Hexagram 54 · Thunder over Lake

Difficulty at the Beginning..

Hexagram 55 · Thunder over Fire

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder..

The Wanderer

The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years..

Hexagram 56 · Fire over Mountain

Its core insight is that change follows identifiable patterns -- by understanding them, one can act at the right time..

Hexagram 57 · Wind over Wind

Difficulty at the Beginning..

Hexagram 58 · Lake over Lake

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder..

Hexagram 59 · Wind over Water

The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years..

Hexagram 60 · Water over Lake

Its core insight is that change follows identifiable patterns -- by understanding them, one can act at the right time..

Hexagram 61 · Wind over Lake

Difficulty at the Beginning..

Small Excess

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder..

Hexagram 62 · Thunder over Mountain

The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years..

After Completion

Its core insight is that change follows identifiable patterns -- by understanding them, one can act at the right time..

Hexagram 63 · Water over Fire

Difficulty at the Beginning..

Before Completion

Hexagram 3 · Water over Thunder..

Hexagram 64 · Fire over Water

The I Ching has been consulted for over three thousand years..

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