噬嗑

Hexagram 21: Biting Through → Hexagram 38: Opposition

噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
Opposition
Fire / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 2).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire Fire
Lower TrigramThunder LakeThe Arousing → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

鄰不可顧,而求玉女;身多疾癩,誰當媚者。

One cannot even regard the neighbor, yet seeks a jade-like maiden; the body is covered with sores and scabs -- who would find it pleasing?

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

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