漸 → 噬嗑
Hexagram 53: Development → Hexagram 21: Biting Through
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5).
Line 1
初六 鴻漸于干。小子厲有言。無咎。
Six at the beginning means: The wild goose gradually draws near the shore. The young son is in danger. There is talk. No blame.
Line 3
九三 鴻漸于陸。夫征不復。婦孕不育。凶。利禦寇。
Nine in the third place means: The wild goose gradually draws near the plateau. The man goes forth and does not return. The woman carries a child but does not bring it forth. Misfortune. It furthers one to fight off robbers.
Line 4
六四 鴻漸于木。或得其桷。无咎。
Six in the fourth place means: The wild goose goes gradually draws near the tree. Perhaps it will find a flat branch. No blame.
Line 5
九五 鴻漸于陵。婦三歲不孕。終莫之勝。吉。
Nine in the fifth place means: The wild goose gradually draws near the summit. For three years the woman has no child. In the end nothing can hinder her. Good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
金齒銕牙，壽考宜家。年歲有儲，貪利者得。雖憂无咎。
Teeth of gold, jaws of iron; long-lived, fit to prosper the household. The year's stores are full; the greedy find profit. Though there be worry, no blame.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over mountain gives way to fire and thunder: gradual development encounters the decisive bite of justice. Gold teeth and iron fangs suggest something built to last and endure, rewarding the household with longevity. The years accumulate stores of grain, and even the profit-seeker gains. Though there is worry, no real harm comes. From Development to Biting Through, the patient growth of the source hexagram hardens into the judicial firmness of the target. Fire above thunder: lightning illuminates what must be adjudicated and bitten through. The gold-and-iron teeth are both ornament and instrument, beauty that can cut. Gradual accumulation, once secured, requires the teeth to protect it, biting through whatever obstruction threatens the stored wealth.
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