困 → 噬嗑
Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 21: Biting Through
䷮
困
Oppression
Lake / Water
→
䷔
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → FireThe Joyous → The Clinging
Lower TrigramWater → ThunderThe Deep → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
東行失旅，不知所處。西歸无妃，莫與笑語。
Traveling east, one loses one's companions and knows not where to stay. Returning west, there is no mate; none to share laughter or speech.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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