䷔
Biting Through
Hexagram 21 · 噬嗑 (Shì Kè)
Upper: Fire · Lower: Thunder
Judgment (卦辞)
“Biting Through has success. It is favorable to administer justice.”
Image (象辞)
“Thunder and lightning: the image of Biting Through. Thus the kings of former times made firm the laws.”
Structure
Upper Trigram
Fire
Lower Trigram
Thunder