損 → 噬嗑
Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 21: Biting Through
䷨
損
Decrease
Mountain / Lake
→
䷔
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain → FireKeeping Still → The Clinging
Lower TrigramLake → ThunderThe Joyous → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
河伯娶婦，東山氏女。新婚三日，浮雲洒雨。露我菅茅，萬家之祐。
The River Lord takes a bride, a woman of the Eastern Mountain clan. Three days after the wedding; drifting clouds scatter rain. Wetting our rushes and thatch; a blessing for ten thousand homes.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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