Hexagram 21 Line 6: 上九
Position: Line 6 (Upper Trigram)上九 —Yang ⚊ (Solid)Register: inauspicious
Classical Chinese Text
上九 何校滅耳。凶。
何héwearing
校xiàoa cangue
滅mièmiss
耳ěrthe ears
凶xiōngunfortunate
Line Commentary
Neck locked in a wooden collar, ears gone. Misfortune. Punishment at the end—you didn't learn from earlier warnings. Now hearing itself is lost. Too late for correction.
When This Line Changes
If Line 6 changes, Hexagram 21 Shi He (Biting Through) transforms into Hexagram 51 Zhen (The Arousing).
Parent Hexagram
Biting Through
Shi He噬嗑 (21)
Fire (離) over Thunder (震)
Upper Trigram: ☲ Fire | Lower Trigram: ☳ Thunder