噬嗑

Hexagram 21: Biting Through → Hexagram 59: Dispersion

噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
Dispersion
Wind / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire WindThe Clinging → The Gentle
Lower TrigramThunder WaterThe Arousing → The Deep

Yilin Verse

桃雀竊脂,巢於小枝;搖動不安,為風所吹。寒心慄慄,常憂不殆。

Sparrows steal fat, nesting on a slender twig; shaken and unsteady, blown by the wind. Cold at heart and trembling -- ever fearful, yet not destroyed.

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

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