Splitting

Splitting something signifies separation, estrangement, and longing. It also signifies deception. Striking and splitting a large stone signifies investigating the condition of a governor or another high-ranking state official. Boring through fortified and strongly defended places such as a castle and entering them signifies seeking unmarried girls who have not yet married or gathering news about a country. Boring into a house and entering it signifies attaining the woman one desires.

Seeing oneself or another person split in two at the waist is not interpreted as good. Being split in two, cast into the sea, and floating on the water signifies being reported to the authorities and then acquitted. Being split in two and hung somewhere signifies fame.