噬嗑 → 坎
Hexagram 21: Biting Through → Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water
䷔
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
→
䷜
坎
The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire → WaterThe Clinging → The Deep
Lower TrigramThunder → WaterThe Arousing → The Deep
Yilin Verse
葛藟蒙棘，華不得實；讒佞亂政，使忠壅塞。
Creeping vines smother the thorns; blossoms never bear fruit. Flatterers and slanderers corrupt the state, choking the loyal into silence.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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