小畜 → 噬嗑
Hexagram 9: Small Taming → Hexagram 21: Biting Through
䷈
小畜
Small Taming
Wind / Heaven
→
䷔
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → FireThe Gentle → The Clinging
Lower TrigramHeaven → ThunderThe Creative → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
方啄廣口，仁智聖厚；釋解倒懸，唐國太安。
A broad beak and wide mouth; benevolent, wise, sagely, and generous. Releasing those hung upside down; the land of Tang rests in great peace.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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