Hexagram:Biting Through →Hexagram:Great Preponderance
I Ching Transformation
21
Biting Through
Shi Ke
Fire / Thunder
→
28
Great Preponderance
Da Guo
Lake / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire →Lakeclinging to joyous
Lower TrigramThunder →Windarousing to gentle
Yilin Verse
奇適無偶，習靖獨處；所願不從，心思勞苦。
Odd without a match, accustomed to quiet and dwelling alone; one's wishes go unfollowed -- the heart labors in bitter longing.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 21 (Biting Through) to hexagram 28 (Great Preponderance). In the I Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.