Hexagram 21 Line 3: 六三
Position: Line 3 (Lower Trigram)六三 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: distress
Classical Chinese Text
六三 噬腊肉。遇毒。小吝。无咎。
噬shìbiting
腊xīpreserved
肉ròumeat
遇yùand encounter
毒dúdecay
小xiǎosome small
吝lìnembarrassment
無wúbut no
咎jiùblame
Line Commentary
Biting through old dried meat, encountering poison. Small humiliation, no blame. Harder material, hidden danger. The work is unpleasant, maybe shameful, but necessary.
When This Line Changes
If Line 3 changes, Hexagram 21 Shi He (Biting Through) transforms into Hexagram 30 Li (The Clinging).
Parent Hexagram
Biting Through
Shi He噬嗑 (21)
Fire (離) over Thunder (震)
Upper Trigram: ☲ Fire | Lower Trigram: ☳ Thunder