Hexagram:Biting Through →Hexagram:The Gentle
I Ching Transformation
21
Biting Through
Shi Ke
Fire / Thunder
→
57
The Gentle
Xun
Wind / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire →Windclinging to gentle
Lower TrigramThunder →Windarousing to gentle
Yilin Verse
東家殺牛，污臭腥臊；神背西顧，命絕衰周。
The eastern neighbor slaughters an ox, foul and reeking; the spirit turns its back and gazes west -- fate withers in declining Zhou.
— 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 57 (The Gentle). 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.