Hexagram:Waiting →Hexagram:Biting Through
I-Ching Transformation
5
Waiting
Xu
Water / Heaven
→
21
Biting Through
Shi Ke
Fire / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2: 需于沙小有言終吉
需xūwaiting
于yúon
沙shāthe sand
小xiǎothe small
有yǒuhave
言yánthings to say
終zhōngin the end
吉jíauspicious
Line 3: 需于泥致寇至
需xūwaiting
于yúin
泥níthe mud
致zhìinviting
寇kòuthieves
至zhìto approach
Line 4: 需于血出自穴
需xūwaiting
于yúin
血xuèblood
出chūemerge
自zìfrom
穴xuéthat
Line 5: 需于酒食貞吉
需xūwaiting
于yúamidst
酒jiǔwine
食shífood
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jípromising
Line 6: 入于穴有不速之客三人來敬之終吉
入rùentering
于yúinto
穴xuéa pit
有yǒuwith
不bùno
速sùinvitation
之zhīextended to
客kèvisitors
三sānthree
人rénpeople
來láiarrive
敬jìngto respect
之zhīto them
終zhōngwill end in
吉jígood fortune
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Fireyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramHeaven →Thundercreative to arousing
Yilin Verse
教羊牧兔，使魚捕鼠。任非其人，費日無功。
Teaching sheep to herd rabbits; sending fish to catch mice. Appointing the wrong person; days are wasted to no avail.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 5 (Waiting) 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.