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).
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.