Hexagram 21 Line 2: 六二
Position: Line 2 (Lower Trigram)六二 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
六二 噬膚滅鼻。无咎。
噬shìbiting
膚fūtender meat
滅mièand burying
鼻bíthe nose
無wúbut no
咎jiùblame
Line Commentary
Biting through tender meat, nose disappearing. No blame. Easy to bite through, but the action still costs something. Enforcement has consequences even when successful.
When This Line Changes
If Line 2 changes, Hexagram 21 Shi He (Biting Through) transforms into Hexagram 38 Kui (Opposition).
Parent Hexagram
Biting Through
Shi He噬嗑 (21)
Fire (離) over Thunder (震)
Upper Trigram: ☲ Fire | Lower Trigram: ☳ Thunder