明夷

Hexagram 27: Nourishment → Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light

Nourishment
Mountain / Thunder
明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive
Lower TrigramThunder FireThe Arousing → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

五嶽四瀆,潤洽為德。行不失理,民賴恩福。

The Five Peaks and Four Waterways; their moistening bounty is virtue itself. Conduct does not stray from principle; the people rely upon this grace and blessing.

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

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