Hexagram:Biting Through →Hexagram:Small Preponderance
I Ching Transformation
21
Biting Through
Shi Ke
Fire / Thunder
→
62
Small Preponderance
Xiao Guo
Thunder / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire →Thunderclinging to arousing
Lower TrigramThunder →Mountainarousing to stillness
Yilin Verse
陳蔡之危，從者飢罷；明德上通，憂不為凶。
The peril of Chen and Cai; the followers starved and spent. Bright virtue reaches heaven above -- worry does not turn to misfortune.
— 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 62 (Small 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.