明夷

Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light → Hexagram 10: Treading

明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
Treading
Heaven / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Lower TrigramFire LakeThe Clinging → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

旦樹菽豆,暮成藿羹,心之所樂,志快心歡。

At dawn he plants beans and pulses; by evening they become a stew of greens. What the heart delights in; the will is glad and the spirit joyful.

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

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