明夷未濟

Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light → Hexagram 64: Before Completion

明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
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未濟
Before Completion
Fire / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth FireThe Receptive → The Clinging
Lower TrigramFire WaterThe Clinging → The Deep

Yilin Verse

桃弓葦戟,除殘去惡,敵人執服。

Peachwood bows and reed-stalk halberds; they cast out the wicked and expel the evil. The enemy submits and surrenders.

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

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