明夷

Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning

明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Lower TrigramFire ThunderThe Clinging → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

日月之塗,所行必到,无有患悔。

The path of sun and moon; where they travel, they surely arrive. There is no regret or misfortune.

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

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