明夷

Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light → Hexagram 59: Dispersion

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

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

逐禍除患,道德神仙。遏惡萬里,福常在前,身樂以安。

Driving out calamity, banishing harm; the virtuous way of the divine immortal. Warding off evil for ten thousand miles; blessings ever go before. The body is at ease and at peace.

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

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