噬嗑

Hexagram 21: Biting Through → Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly

噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
Youthful Folly
Mountain / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire MountainThe Clinging → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramThunder WaterThe Arousing → The Deep

Yilin Verse

注斯膏澤,扞衛百毒;防以江南,虺不能螫。

Pouring rich ointment, warding off a hundred poisons; guarded by the lands south of the river, the viper cannot sting.

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

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