21. 噬嗑 Biting Through

噬嗑：亨。利用獄。

Shì kē: Hēng. Lì yòng yù.

Success. Favorable to administer justice.

噬嗑：亨。利用獄。

初九：屨校滅趾，无咎。

Chū jiǔ: Jù xiào miè zhǐ, wú jiù.

First line: Feet in the stocks, toes cut off from view. No blame.

初九：屨校滅趾，无咎。

六二：噬膚滅鼻，无咎。

Liù èr: Shì fū miè bí, wú jiù.

Second line: Biting through tender meat, the nose disappears. No blame.

六二：噬膚滅鼻，无咎。

六三：噬臘肉，遇毒；小吝，无咎。

Liù sān: Shì là ròu, yù dú; xiǎo lìn, wú jiù.

Third line: Biting dried meat, one meets poison. Slight humiliation; no blame.

六三：噬臘肉，遇毒；小吝，无咎。

九四：噬乾胏，得金矢，利艱貞，吉。

Jiǔ sì: Shì qián zǐ, dé jīn shǐ, lì jiān zhēn, jí.

Fourth line: Biting dried meat on the bone, one gets metal arrows. Favorable to persevere in hardship. Good fortune.

九四：噬乾胏，得金矢，利艱貞，吉。

六五：噬乾肉，得黃金，貞厲，无咎。

Liù wǔ: Shì qián ròu, dé huáng jīn, zhēn lì, wú jiù.

Fifth line: Biting dried lean meat, one gets yellow gold. Perseverance amid danger; no blame.

六五：噬乾肉，得黃金，貞厲，无咎。

上九：何校滅耳，凶。

Shàng jiǔ: Hé xiào miè ěr, xiōng.

Top line: Neck in the wooden collar, ears cut off from view. Misfortune.

上九：何校滅耳，凶。