明夷

Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light → Hexagram 40: Deliverance

明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
Deliverance
Thunder / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

亡玉失鹿,不知所伏。利以避危,全我生福。甘雨時降,年歲有得。

The jade is lost, the deer vanished; one knows not where they hide. It profits one to avoid danger and preserve one's blessed life. Sweet rain falls in its season; the year's harvest is secured.

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

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