需 → 噬嗑
Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 21: Biting Through
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
→
䷔
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → FireThe Deep → The Clinging
Lower TrigramHeaven → ThunderThe Creative → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
教羊牧兔，使魚捕鼠。任非其人，費日無功。
Teaching sheep to herd rabbits; sending fish to catch mice. Appointing the wrong person; days are wasted to no avail.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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