Hexagram:Biting Through →Hexagram:Dispersion
I Ching Transformation
21
Biting Through
Shi Ke
Fire / Thunder
→
59
Dispersion
Huan
Wind / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire →Windclinging to gentle
Lower TrigramThunder →Waterarousing to abysmal
Yilin Verse
桃雀竊脂，巢於小枝；搖動不安，為風所吹。寒心慄慄，常憂不殆。
Sparrows steal fat, nesting on a slender twig; shaken and unsteady, blown by the wind. Cold at heart and trembling -- ever fearful, yet not destroyed.
— 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 59 (Dispersion). 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.