歸妹 → 噬嗑
Hexagram 54: The Marrying Maiden → Hexagram 21: Biting Through
䷵
歸妹
The Marrying Maiden
Thunder / Lake
→
䷔
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder → FireThe Arousing → The Clinging
Lower TrigramLake → ThunderThe Joyous → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
進士為官，不若服田，獲壽保年。
Advancing to serve as an official is not as good as tending the fields; thereby one gains long life and preserves one's years.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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