Hexagram 21 | Biting Through | |||
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Shì Kè indicates successful progress (in the condition of things which it supposes). It will be advantageous to use legal constraints.
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Judgement | Biting Through has success. It is favorable to let justice be administered. | |||
Image | Thunder and lightning: The image of Biting Through. Thus the kings of former times made firm the laws through clearly defined penalties. | |||
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Expression: His neck is fastened in the wooden cangue, So that his ears disappear. Misfortune. | |||
Image: 'He wears the cangue and is deprived of his ears:'--he hears, but will not understand. | ||||
65
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Expression: Bites on dried lean meat. Receives yellow gold. Perseveringly aware of danger. No blame. | |||
Image: 'Let him be firm and correct, realising the peril (of his position), and there will be no error:'--he will possess every quality appropriate (to his position and task). | ||||
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Expression: Bites on dried gristly meat. Receives metal arrows. It furthers one to be mindful of difficulties and to be persevering. Good fortune. | |||
Image: 'It will be advantageous to him to realise the difficulty of his task and be firm, in which case there will be good fortune:'--his light has not yet been sufficiently displayed. | ||||
63
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Expression: Bites on old dried meat and strikes on something poisonous. Slight humiliation. No blame. | |||
Image: 'He meets with what is disagreeable and hurtful:'--his position is not the proper one for him. | ||||
62
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Expression: Bites through tender meat, so that his nose disappears. No blame. | |||
Image: 'He bites through the soft flesh, and (goes on) to bite off the nose:'--(the subject of the line) is mounted on the strong (first line). | ||||
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Expression: His feet are fastened in the stocks, so that his toes disappear. No blame. | |||
Image: 'His feet are in the stocks, and he is deprived of his toes:'--there is no walking (to do evil). | ||||