噬嗑

Hexagram 21: Biting Through → Hexagram 20: Contemplation

噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
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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