噬嗑

Hexagram 21: Biting Through → Hexagram 55: Abundance

噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
Abundance
Thunder / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire ThunderThe Clinging → The Arousing
Lower TrigramThunder FireThe Arousing → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

一夫兩心,岐刺不深;所為無功,求事不成。

One man with two minds, the forked needle does not pierce deep; all that he does bears no fruit -- what he seeks cannot be achieved.

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

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