賁 → 噬嗑
Hexagram 22: Grace → Hexagram 21: Biting Through
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 4).
Line 3
九三 賁如濡如。永貞吉。
Nine in the third place means: Graceful and moist. Constant perseverance brings good fortune.
Line 4
六四 賁如皤如。白馬翰如。匪寇婚媾。
Six in the fourth place means: Grace or simplicity? A white horse comes as if on wings. He is not a robber, He will woo at the right time.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
六人俱行，各遺其囊。黃鶴失珠，無以為明。
Six men travel together, each losing his provisions. The yellow crane loses its pearl; it has nothing to shine by.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire beneath the mountain reveals six travelers who each lose their pouches along the way. A yellow crane loses its pearl and has nothing left to shine by. The journey strips away all possessions and all sources of light. Six people traveling together yet each individually losing what they carry — this is not robbery but carelessness, a collective failure of attention. The crane's pearl, its source of luminous power, gone. From Grace to Biting Through, the mountain's fire gives way to lightning and thunder. Where Grace decorates, Biting Through enforces — it clears obstruction by decisive action. The lost pouches and lost pearl represent what happens when appearances are maintained without vigilance: the substance drains away unnoticed.
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