明夷 → 兌
Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake
䷣
明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
→
䷹
兌
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Lower TrigramFire → LakeThe Clinging → The Joyous
Yilin Verse
內崩傷中,上亂无恆。雖有美粟,我不得食。
Collapsing within, wounded at the center; above, disorder without constancy. Though there is fine grain, I cannot eat it.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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