大畜明夷

Hexagram 26: Great Taming → Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light

大畜
Great Taming
Mountain / Heaven
明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive
Lower TrigramHeaven FireThe Creative → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

山險難登,渭中多石。車馳轊擊,重載傷軸。載擔善躓,跌踒右足。

The mountain is steep and hard to climb; stones crowd the ford. The cart races, hubs collide; the heavy load cracks the axle. The bearer stumbles easily; he twists and injures his right foot.

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

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