噬嗑

Hexagram 21: Biting Through → Hexagram 50: The Cauldron

噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire Fire
Lower TrigramThunder WindThe Arousing → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

三足孤烏,靈明為御;司過罰惡,自殘其家。毀敗為憂。

A three-legged lone crow, the divine spirit's charioteer; overseeing transgressions, punishing evil -- it destroys its own house. Ruin and decay bring sorrow.

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

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