旅 → 噬嗑
Hexagram 56: The Wanderer → Hexagram 21: Biting Through
䷷
旅
The Wanderer
Mountain / Fire
→
䷔
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain → FireKeeping Still → The Clinging
Lower TrigramFire → ThunderThe Clinging → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
教羊逐兔,使魚相捕。任非其人,費日无功。
Teaching sheep to chase rabbits, setting fish to catch one another. Appointing those unfit for the task; wasting days without achievement.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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