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 06
Top Nine
Bearing the cangue until the ears disappear. Misfortune.
Commentary
Bearing the cangue until the ears disappear: hearing is not clear.
Line 05
Six in the Fifth
Biting dried meat and gaining yellow gold. Perseverance in danger. No blame.
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.
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.
Commentary
Meeting poison comes from being out of place.
Line 02
Six in the Second
Biting flesh, the nose disappears. No blame.
Commentary
Biting flesh, the nose disappears because it rides the firm.
Line 01
Initial Nine
Feet in the stocks, the toes disappear. No blame.
Commentary
Feet in the stocks, the toes disappear: one does not walk.