乾 → 噬嗑
Hexagram 1: The Creative → Hexagram 21: Biting Through
䷀
乾
The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
→
䷔
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven → FireThe Creative → The Clinging
Lower TrigramHeaven → ThunderThe Creative → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
堅冰黃鳥，啼哀悲愁，不見甘粒，但觀藜蒿，數驚鷙鳥，為我心憂。
Hard ice, a yellow bird, crying in sorrow and grief. Seeing no sweet grain, only goosefoot and wormwood. Startled time and again by raptors; this makes my heart heavy.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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