噬嗑 → 比
Hexagram 21: Biting Through → Hexagram 8: Holding Together
䷔
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
→
䷇
比
Holding Together
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire → WaterThe Clinging → The Deep
Lower TrigramThunder → EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
沙漠北塞，絕無水泉；君子征凶，役夫苦艱。
Sandy desert, northern frontier -- utterly without water or spring. The noble man marches toward misfortune; the conscript labors in bitter hardship.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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