明夷 → 訟
Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light → Hexagram 6: Conflict
䷣
明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
→
䷅
訟
Conflict
Heaven / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Lower TrigramFire → WaterThe Clinging → The Deep
Yilin Verse
穿鼻繫株，為虎所拘。王母祝祠，禍不成災，遂然脫來。
Pierced through the nose, tied to a stump; held captive by the tiger. The Queen Mother prays at the shrine; the disaster does not become calamity, and at last one breaks free.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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