Hexagram 3 · line 1
Difficulty at the Beginning
屯Zhūn
Lingering and turning back. Remaining constant is beneficial; establishing a lord is beneficial.
Line statement
初九
磐桓，利居貞，利建侯。
Lingering and turning back. Remaining constant is beneficial; establishing a lord is beneficial.
Hesitation occupies Line 1, which is firm, before the new order has a stable footing. If this line yields, the figure becomes Hexagram 8, leaving the fifth as its only firm place.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · base
Line 1 is the base of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yang in an odd place: aligned
Its yang polarity matches the traditional odd-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 4: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 4; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes