明夷 → 臨
Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light → Hexagram 19: Approach
䷣
明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
→
䷒
臨
Approach
Earth / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 3).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → Earth
Lower TrigramFire → LakeThe Clinging → The Joyous
Yilin Verse
爭訟不已，更相談訽。張季弱日，被髮北走。
Lawsuits without end; each side trading accusations. In Zhang Ji's darkest hour, with hair unbound he fled north.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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