Shi He (Biting Through) (火雷噬嗑)
Upper: ☲ Li (離) (Fire) · Lower: ☳ Zhen (震) (Thunder)
📊 Binary Architecture & The Six Lines
📜 The Judgment (卦辭 / Guaci)
Energetic determination bites through entrenched obstacles. Clarify legal rectitude and enforce decisive justice.
🧭 The Image (大象傳 / Da Xiang) & Archetypal Conduct
Thunder and lightning: The image of Biting Through. Thus the ancient kings made firm the laws through clearly defined penalties.
📖 The Lines (爻辭 / Yaoci)
- Line 1 初九Bottom line (1st) · Yang屨校滅趾，無咎。Feet fastened in the stocks, toes disappear; no fault.
- Line 2 六二2nd line · Yin噬膚滅鼻，無咎。Biting through tender flesh, the nose disappears; no fault.
- Line 3 六三3rd line · Yin噬昔肉，遇毒；小吝，無咎。Biting dried meat, one meets poison; slight regret, no fault.
- Line 4 九四4th line · Yang噬乾胏，得金矢，利艱貞，吉。Biting dried gristly meat, one finds a metal arrowhead; it is beneficial to be steadfast in difficulty: good fortune.
- Line 5 六五5th line · Yin噬乾肉，得黃金，貞厲，無咎。Biting dried meat, one finds yellow gold; steadfast in awareness of danger; no fault.
- Line 6 上九Top line (6th) · Yang何校滅耳，凶。Neck in the cangue, ears disappear: misfortune.
Original line texts are transcribed from Wikisource (周易). The English renderings are literal working drafts under editorial review and may change.
✨ Practical Discernment & Life Guidance
Eliminate administrative bottlenecks and enforce clear operational rules with decisive resolve.
Clarify ambiguities and resolve underlying misunderstandings through straightforward discourse.
Enforce contractual claims firmly, recover overdue debts, and rectify contractual deficiencies.