噬嗑 → 夬
Hexagram 21: Biting Through → Hexagram 43: Breakthrough
䷔
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
→
䷪
夬
Breakthrough
Lake / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire → LakeThe Clinging → The Joyous
Lower TrigramThunder → HeavenThe Arousing → The Creative
Yilin Verse
齊侯少子，才略美好；求我長女，賤薄不與。反得醜陋，後乃大悔。
The youngest son of the Marquis of Qi, gifted and handsome; he sought my eldest daughter, but I thought him too humble and refused. Instead he got an ugly bride -- afterward came great regret.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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