明夷

Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light → Hexagram 48: The Well

明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
The Well
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Lower TrigramFire WindThe Clinging → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

陽并悖狂,拔劍自傷,為身坐殃。

Yang rages in blind madness; he draws his sword and wounds himself. He brings disaster upon his own body.

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

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