明夷 → 頤
Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light → Hexagram 27: Nourishment
䷣
明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
→
䷚
頤
Nourishment
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramFire → ThunderThe Clinging → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
三狸搏鼠，遮遏前後，死於環城，不得脫走。
Three wildcats hunt a mouse; they block its way before and behind. It dies within the walled city; it cannot escape and flee.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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