Hexagram:Biting Through →Hexagram:Obstruction
I-Ching Transformation
21
Biting Through
Shi Ke
Fire / Thunder
→
39
Obstruction
Jian
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 履校滅趾無咎
履jùsandaled feet
校xiàofettered
滅mièmiss
趾zhǐthe toes
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 3: 噬腊肉遇毒小吝無咎
噬shìbiting
腊xīpreserved
肉ròumeat
遇yùand encounter
毒dúdecay
小xiǎosome small
吝lìnembarrassment
無wúbut no
咎jiùblame
Line 4: 噬乾胏得金矢利艱貞吉
噬shìbiting
乾gāndry
胏zǐbony meat
得déacquiring
金jīnmoney
矢shǐand arrows
利lìworth
艱jiāndifficult
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jípromising
Line 5: 噬乾肉得黃金貞厲無咎
噬shìbiting
乾gāndry
肉ròumeat
得définding
黃huángyellow
金jīnmetal
貞zhēnpersistence
厲lìis difficult
無wúbut no
咎jiùblame
Line 6: 何校滅耳凶
何héwearing
校xiàoa cangue
滅mièmiss
耳ěrthe ears
凶xiōngunfortunate
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire →Wateryin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramThunder →Mountainarousing to stillness
Yilin Verse
遠視無明，不知青黃；黈纊塞耳，使君闇聾。
Gazing afar without clarity, unable to tell blue from yellow; cotton wadding blocks the ears, leaving the lord dim and deaf.
— 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 39 (Obstruction). 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.