Hexagram:The Abysmal →Hexagram:Biting Through
I-Ching Transformation
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 習坎入于坎窞凶
Line 2: 坎有險求小得
Line 4: 樽酒簋貳用缶納約自牖終無咎
Line 5: 坎不盈祗既平無咎
Line 6: 係用徽纆寘于叢棘三歲不得凶
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
車驚人墮，兩輪脫去。行者不至，主人憂懼。結締復解，夜明為喜。
The cart lurches, the rider falls; both wheels fly off. The traveler does not arrive; the host is filled with dread. Bonds are tied then loosed again; when night turns bright, there is joy.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 29 (The Abysmal) to hexagram 21 (Biting Through). 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.