Gua 21
☲LiLightning
☳ZhenThunder

— Fu Xi

噬嗑

Biting Through

— King Wen of Zhou

䷔

Ancient Comments on the Image

— Duke of Zhou

Thunder and lightning bite through
the former kings used this to clarify punishments and decree the law.

Judgment

— King Wen of Zhou

Biting Through: coming through. Favorable for judicial cases.

Moving Lines

— Duke of Zhou

1
Foot-stocks cover the toes, no blame.
2
Biting flesh, the nose is covered, no blame.
3
Biting cured meat, encountering poison; small regret, no blame.
4
Biting dry bone, obtaining a metal arrow; favorable in hardship and steadfastness, auspicious.
5
Biting dried meat, obtaining yellow gold; steadfastness is perilous, no blame.
6
Bound at the ears, Disaster.

Ancient Comments on the Moving Lines

— Confucius

1
Foot-stocks cover the toes; [one] cannot walk.
2
Biting flesh, the nose is covered; it rides firmness.
3
Encountering poison—the position is not fitting.
4
Favorable in hardship and steadfastness, auspicious—not yet radiant.
5
Steadfastness is perilous yet no blame: it obtains the fitting position.
6
Bound at the ears; hearing is not clear.

Ancient Comments on the Judgment

— Confucius

In the jaws there is a thing; this is called biting through. By biting through, it comes through. Firm and yielding divide; movement and brightness. Thunder and lightning join and make manifest. The yielding obtains the center and moves upward; although not in a fitting position, it is favorable for judicial cases.

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