明夷 → 離
Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light → Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire
䷣
明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
→
䷝
離
The Clinging Fire
Fire / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → FireThe Receptive → The Clinging
Lower TrigramFire → Fire
Yilin Verse
山林麓藪,非人所處。鳥獸无禮,使我心苦。
Mountain forests and foothill marshes; no place for human dwelling. Birds and beasts know no propriety; they make my heart bitter.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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