明夷大過

Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light → Hexagram 28: Great Exceeding

明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
大過
Great Exceeding
Lake / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Lower TrigramFire WindThe Clinging → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

言笑未卒,憂來暴卒。身墨丹索,檻囚裝束。

Laughter and words not yet finished; grief arrives with sudden violence. Body inked, bound in crimson ropes; caged and shackled like a prisoner.

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

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