噬嗑

Hexagram 21: Biting Through → Hexagram 47: Oppression

噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
Oppression
Lake / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire LakeThe Clinging → The Joyous
Lower TrigramThunder WaterThe Arousing → The Deep

Yilin Verse

二女寶珠,誤鄭大夫;君父無禮,自為作笑。

Two women bearing pearls deceived the grandee of Zheng; lord and father lost propriety -- bringing laughter upon themselves.

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

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