Shì Kè (噬嗑) — Biting Through

Fire above Thunder — clarity and shock together, lightning and decisiveness. Something is obstructing the joining that needs to happen. "It furthers to let justice be administered." Cut through the obstruction directly; the longer it remains, the more it hardens into assumption. This isn't the hexagram of patience — it's the hexagram of decisive action at the right moment.

Cross-Tradition Resonances