明夷

Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart → Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light

Splitting Apart
Earth / Mountain
明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 1).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Earth
Lower TrigramMountain FireKeeping Still → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

登丘上山,對酒道觀。終年卒歲,優福無患。

Ascending the hill, climbing the mountain; drinking wine at the Daoist temple. Through the year to its very end, blessed and free from misfortune.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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