明夷

Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light → Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly

明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
Youthful Folly
Mountain / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramFire WaterThe Clinging → The Deep

Yilin Verse

諷德訟功,美周盛隆。旦輔成周,光濟沖人。

He praised virtue and lauded merit; glorifying Zhou's great splendor. The Duke of Dan assisted the house of Zhou, his brilliance sustaining the young sovereign.

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

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