噬嗑 → 蹇
Hexagram 21: Biting Through → Hexagram 39: Obstruction
䷔
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
→
䷦
蹇
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire → WaterThe Clinging → The Deep
Lower TrigramThunder → MountainThe Arousing → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
遠視無明，不知青黃；黈纊塞耳，使君闇聾。
Gazing afar without clarity, unable to tell blue from yellow; cotton wadding blocks the ears, leaving the lord dim and deaf.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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