Hexagram:Biting Through Hexagram:The Army

I-Ching Transformation

21
Biting Through
Shi Ke
Fire / Thunder
7
The Army
Shi
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 6).

Line 1: 履校滅趾無咎

sandaled feet
xiàofettered
mièmiss
zhǐthe toes
no
jiùblame

Line 2: 噬膚滅鼻無咎

shìbiting
tender meat
mièand burying
the nose
but no
jiùblame

Line 4: 噬乾胏得金矢利艱貞吉

shìbiting
gāndry
bony meat
acquiring
jīnmoney
shǐand arrows
worth
jiāndifficult
zhēnpersistence
promising

Line 6: 何校滅耳凶

wearing
xiàoa cangue
mièmiss
ěrthe ears
xiōngunfortunate

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire Earthclinging to receptive
Lower TrigramThunder Waterarousing to abysmal

Yilin Verse

龍入天關,經歷九山。登高上下,道里險難;日晏不食,絕無甘酸。

The dragon enters the Heavenly Gate, traversing nine mountains; climbing high, ascending and descending -- the road is steep and perilous. Day wanes with no food; utterly without sweet or sour.

— 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 7 (The Army). 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.