Line 06
Top Nine
Bearing the cangue until the ears disappear. Misfortune.
Corresponds to line 3
Commentary
Bearing the cangue until the ears disappear: hearing is not clear.
21
噬嗑
Shì Kè
Hexagram 21: Biting Through
彖 · Tuan
Judgment
Success. Favorable to administer justice.
Judgment Commentary · 彖傳
There is something within the jaws: this is called Biting Through. Biting Through brings success. The firm and yielding divide, movement is joined with brightness, and thunder with lightning become manifest together. The yielding obtains the center and rises upward; though not in the proper position, it is favorable to use legal proceedings.
象 · Xiang
Image
Thunder and lightning: Biting Through. The former kings clarified punishments and ordered the laws.
六爻 · Six Lines
Lines
Line 05
Six in the Fifth
Biting dried meat and gaining yellow gold. Perseverance in danger. No blame.
Central Corresponds to line 2
Commentary
Perseverance in danger. No blame. It attains what is fitting.
Line 04
Nine in the Fourth
Biting dried bony meat and gaining a metal arrow. Favorable in difficult perseverance. Good fortune.
Corresponds to line 1
Commentary
Favorable in difficult perseverance. Good fortune. The light is not yet full.
Line 03
Six in the Third
Biting cured meat and meeting poison. Small shame. No blame.
Corresponds to line 6
Commentary
Meeting poison comes from being out of place.
Line 02
Six in the Second
Biting flesh, the nose disappears. No blame.
Central Corresponds to line 5
Commentary
Biting flesh, the nose disappears because it rides the firm.
Line 01
Initial Nine
Feet in the stocks, the toes disappear. No blame.
Corresponds to line 4
Commentary
Feet in the stocks, the toes disappear: one does not walk.
卦象 · Guà Xiàng
