噬嗑 → 臨
Hexagram 21: Biting Through → Hexagram 19: Approach
䷔
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
→
䷒
臨
Approach
Earth / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire → EarthThe Clinging → The Receptive
Lower TrigramThunder → LakeThe Arousing → The Joyous
Yilin Verse
鬼守我廬，欲呼伯去；曾孫壽考，司命不許。與生相保。
A ghost haunts my dwelling, wishing to summon the elder away; yet the grandchild is blessed with long life -- the Lord of Fate does not permit it. Together they are kept safe.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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