解 → 噬嗑
Hexagram 40: Deliverance → Hexagram 21: Biting Through
䷧
解
Deliverance
Thunder / Water
→
䷔
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder → FireThe Arousing → The Clinging
Lower TrigramWater → ThunderThe Deep → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
鷁飛中退，舉事不遂。且守仁德，猶免失墜。
The yi birds fly forth then retreat; the venture undertaken does not succeed. Yet holding to benevolence and virtue, one may still avoid falling and ruin.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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