噬嗑 → 復
Hexagram 21: Biting Through → Hexagram 24: Return
䷔
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
→
䷗
復
Return
Earth / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire → EarthThe Clinging → The Receptive
Lower TrigramThunder → Thunder
Yilin Verse
長尾蜲蛇，畫地為河；深不可涉，阻絕以無。惆然憤息。
A long-tailed serpent draws a line in the earth for a river; too deep to wade, it blocks the way to nothing. Brooding and sighing in frustration.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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