噬嗑

Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 21: Biting Through

Following
Lake / Thunder
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake FireThe Joyous → The Clinging
Lower TrigramThunder Thunder

Yilin Verse

白馬駮騮,更生不休;富有商人,利得如丘。

White horse, dappled steed, breeding without cease; a wealthy merchant -- profits piled like hills.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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