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易 · #21

噬嗑

Biting Through

Hexagram 21

Hexagram 21 Biting Through (噬嗑)

Upper

離Fire火

Lower

震Thunder雷

Meaning · modern paraphrase

Biting through; resolve cuts what is in the way.

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Related hexagrams

Opposite (錯卦)井The Well

Inverted (綜卦)賁Grace

Same upper trigram

大有Great Possession 離The Clinging 晉Progress 睽Opposition 鼎The Cauldron 旅The Wanderer 未濟Before Completion

Same lower trigram

屯Difficulty at the Beginning 隨Following 復Return 無妄Innocence 頤Nourishment 益Increase 震The Arousing

The I Ching is a traditional divination classic, for reflection and reference.