觀 → 明夷
Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light
䷓
觀
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
→
䷣
明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive
Lower TrigramEarth → FireThe Receptive → The Clinging
Yilin Verse
家在海隅，橈短流深；企立望宋，無木以趨。
The home stands at the sea edge, the oars are short, the current deep; standing on tiptoe gazing toward Song -- there is no timber for the crossing.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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