䷂ Hexagram 3: Sprouting

Judgment

DIFFICULTY AT THE BEGINNING works supreme success, Furthering through perseverance. Nothing should be undertaken. It furthers you to appoint helpers.

Image

Clouds and thunder: The image of DIFFICULTY AT THE BEGINNING. Thus, you should bring order out of confusion.

Description
Hexagram 3 is named 屯 (zhūn), “Sprouting”. Other variations include “difficulty at the beginning”, “gathering support”, and “hoarding”. Its inner (lower) trigram is ☳ (震 zhèn) shake = (雷) thunder, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water.