噬嗑

Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 21: Biting Through

Obstruction
Water / Mountain
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater FireThe Deep → The Clinging
Lower TrigramMountain ThunderKeeping Still → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

火起上門,不為我殘。跳脫東西,獨得生完。不利出鄰,病疾憂患。

The beam breaks, the house collapses — but the person is unharmed. Tiles and bricks fallen everywhere, standing in an empty lot. Looking back after the ordeal, cold all over — not daring to take a step for fear of hidden pits.

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

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