明夷

Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake

明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
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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