Hexagram:Biting Through →Hexagram:Before Completion
I Ching Transformation
21
Biting Through
Shi Ke
Fire / Thunder
→
64
Before Completion
Wei Ji
Fire / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines: 1, 2).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire →Fire
Lower TrigramThunder →Waterarousing to abysmal
Yilin Verse
徑邪賊田，政惡傷民；夫婦呪詛，太上覆顛。
Crooked paths plunder the fields; corrupt rule harms the people. Husband and wife hurl curses -- the sovereign above is overturned.
— 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 64 (Before Completion). 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.