噬嗑

Hexagram 60: Limitation → Hexagram 21: Biting Through

Limitation
Water / Lake
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater FireThe Deep → The Clinging
Lower TrigramLake ThunderThe Joyous → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

東行西步,失次後舍。與彼作期,不覺至夜。乾侯野井,昭君失居。

Walking east then west, losing sequence and lodging. Making an appointment with another, not realizing night has fallen. The lord at Qianhou's wild well; Zhao's ruler has lost his home.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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