噬嗑 → 小畜
Hexagram 21: Biting Through → Hexagram 9: Small Taming
䷔
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
→
䷈
小畜
Small Taming
Wind / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire → WindThe Clinging → The Gentle
Lower TrigramThunder → HeavenThe Arousing → The Creative
Yilin Verse
關折門啟，衿帶解墮；福與善坐，憂不為禍。
The bolt breaks, the gate swings open; sash and collar loosen and fall. Blessing sits with the good; worry does not turn to calamity.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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