明夷 → 噬嗑
Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light → Hexagram 21: Biting Through
䷣
明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
→
䷔
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → FireThe Receptive → The Clinging
Lower TrigramFire → ThunderThe Clinging → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
江水沱汜，思附君子。伯仲爰歸，不我肯顧，姪娣恨悔。
The river's waters branch and fork; she yearns to follow her lord. Elder and younger brothers return home, but none will look back at me. Niece and younger sister grieve and repent.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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