明夷 → 革
Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light → Hexagram 49: Revolution
䷣
明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
→
䷰
革
Revolution
Lake / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Lower TrigramFire → Fire
Yilin Verse
方圓不同，剛柔異鄉。掘井得石，勞而无功。
Square and round do not match; hard and soft belong to different realms. Digging a well, one strikes stone; labor without success.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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