明夷 → 乾
Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light → Hexagram 1: The Creative
䷣
明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
→
䷀
乾
The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Lower TrigramFire → HeavenThe Clinging → The Creative
Yilin Verse
踐履寒冰，十步九尋，雖有苦痛，不為憂病。
Treading on cold ice; ten steps, nine fathoms deep. Though there is bitter pain, it does not become grief or illness.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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