Bite through the hard partBiting Through
Some obstacles cannot be talked through; they can only be bitten open.
Shi He is something hard in the mouth that must be severed before the jaws close. Thunder and lightning together: punishments made clear, laws promulgated — what cannot be hidden must be handled in the open. Endless smoothing leaves the obstacle inside the body, aching year after year; when severing is due and not done, goodwill turns into indulgence.
But biting needs method: dried flesh, cured meat — different hardness, different force. The lines teach measure: aim at that one bone; do not tear the surrounding meat. Explicit rules and public standards outperform momentary anger by far.
Practice Turn the thing you have handled vaguely into explicit terms — what is allowed, what is not. State it clearly once today.