坎 → 噬嗑
Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water → Hexagram 21: Biting Through
䷜
坎
The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
→
䷔
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → FireThe Deep → The Clinging
Lower TrigramWater → ThunderThe Deep → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
車驚人墮，兩輪脫去。行者不至，主人憂懼。結締復解，夜明為喜。
The cart lurches, the rider falls; both wheels fly off. The traveler does not arrive; the host is filled with dread. Bonds are tied then loosed again; when night turns bright, there is joy.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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