噬嗑 → 觀
Hexagram 21: Biting Through → Hexagram 20: Contemplation
䷔
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
→
䷓
觀
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire → WindThe Clinging → The Gentle
Lower TrigramThunder → EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
禍走患伏,喜為我福;凶惡消亡,災害不作。
Calamity flees, misfortune hides; joy becomes my blessing. Evil and malice vanish away; disaster does not arise.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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