噬嗑家人

Hexagram 21: Biting Through → Hexagram 37: The Family

噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
家人
The Family
Wind / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire WindThe Clinging → The Gentle
Lower TrigramThunder FireThe Arousing → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

析薪熾酒,使媒求婦;和合齊宋,姜子悅喜。

Splitting kindling, warming wine, sending the matchmaker to seek a bride; harmonizing Qi and Song -- the Jiang scion is delighted.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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