噬嗑

21 Shi He


Bite and Chew
Your plea is heard. It is time to take legal action.
====x==== With his head in a cangue, his ears are cut off. There will be misfortune.
===   === He takes a bite of dried meat, and gets a piece of bronze. Omen of danger. No harm will come.
========= He takes a bite of dried meat on the bone, and gets a bronze arrowhead. A good omen in times of difficulty. There will be good fortune.
===   === He takes a bite of cured meat, and gets a taste of poison. There will be some regret, but no great harm.
===   === He takes a bite of fresh meat, and his nose is cut off. No great harm.
====x==== With his ankles shackled, his toes are cut off. No great harm.

16 Yu


The Elephant
It is good to establish feudal officers and to field troops.
===   === An elephant in the dark. If completed, there will be change for the worse. No harm will come.
===   === Omen of illness. It will be long, but the patient does not die.
========= Using an elephant. There will be a bountiful harvest. Do not doubt that your friends will soon join you.
===   === A wistful elephant. Problematic. If you wait, there will be problems.
===   === Wall it off with rocks, but not all day long. Omen of good fortune.
===   === A trumpeting elephant. There will be misfortune.