泰 → 明夷
Hexagram 11: Peace → Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 2).
Line 2
九二 包荒。用馮河。不遐遺。朋亡。得尚于中行。
Nine in the second place means: Bearing with the uncultured in gentleness, Fording the river with resolution, Not neglecting what is distant, Not regarding one's companions: Thus one may manage to walk in the middle.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
求兔得獐，過其所望；歡以相迎，高位夷傷。
Setting snares for rabbits, one catches a river deer, exceeding all expectation. Greeted with delight and welcome; yet high position brings its own harm.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Earth above heaven, Peace delivers an unexpected prize. Seeking a rabbit, one catches a roe deer instead — surpassing all expectation. The bounty is welcomed with joy, but the verse turns dark: the high position brings injury. Windfall fortune elevates one to a dangerous height. The hunter who exceeds his hopes discovers that abundance itself becomes a target. From Peace to Darkening of the Light, brilliance enters the earth and is buried. The transformation traces the full arc: unexpected gain draws attention, the elevated position attracts hostility, and wisdom demands that one conceal one's light rather than celebrate the surplus. Joy at the catch is premature.
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