明夷 → 否
Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light → Hexagram 12: Standstill
䷣
明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
→
䷋
否
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Lower TrigramFire → EarthThe Clinging → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
王伯遠宿，長婦在室，異袍恃食，所求不得。
The lord and elder lodges far away; the eldest wife remains at home. She borrows robes and begs for food; what she seeks, she does not obtain.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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