噬嗑

Hexagram 21: Biting Through → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake

噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

火起吾後,喜炙我鹿;蒼龍𠾑水,泉噀柱屋。雖憂無咎。

Fire breaks out behind me, roasting my deer with joy; a blue-green dragon holds water in its mouth, spraying it on the pillars. Though there is worry, there is no blame.

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

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