Difficulty at the Beginning 屯
Upper: Water · Lower: Thunder
Difficulty at the Beginning — how to start well
Judgment
“Difficulty at the Beginning works supreme success. Furthering through perseverance.”
屯：元，亨，利，贞，勿用，有攸往，利建侯。
Hexagram Structure
Water over Thunder
The Image
Clouds and Thunder — Difficulty at the Beginning. The superior person brings order out of chaos.
云雷，屯；君子以经纶。
The Lines
Line 1
Hesitation and hindrance. It furthers one to remain persevering.
初九：磐桓，利居贞，利建侯。
Line 2
Difficulties pile up. A horse and carriage — not a robber, but a suitor.
六二：屯如邅如，乘马班如。匪寇婚媾，女子贞不字，十年乃字。
Line 3
One chases deer without a guide — gets lost in the forest. The wise one gives up.
六三：即鹿无虞，惟入于林中，君子几不如舍，往吝。
Line 4
A horse and carriage — seek union. Going brings good fortune.
六四：乘马班如，求婚媾，往吉，无不利。
Line 5
Difficulty in blessing. Small perseverance brings good fortune.
九五：屯其膏，小贞吉，大贞凶。
Line 6
A horse and carriage weeps blood. No longer weeping.
上六：乘马班如，泣血涟如。
Key Ideas in This Hexagram
Curated Reading Paths
Guidance Through Transitions
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