噬嗑 → 屯
Hexagram 21: Biting Through → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning
䷔
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
→
䷂
屯
Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire → WaterThe Clinging → The Deep
Lower TrigramThunder → Thunder
Yilin Verse
破亡之虛，神祇哀憂；進往無光，留止有慶。
A ruined and desolate waste; the spirits grieve and sorrow. To advance brings no light -- to stay and halt brings good fortune.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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