觀 → 噬嗑
Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 21: Biting Through
䷓
觀
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
→
䷔
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → FireThe Gentle → The Clinging
Lower TrigramEarth → ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
茹芝餌黃，飲食玉英；與神流通，長無憂凶。
Eating lingzhi and swallowing the golden elixir, drinking the jade essence; communing freely with the spirits -- long free from worry and ill fortune.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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