明夷 → 比
Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light → Hexagram 8: Holding Together
䷣
明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
→
䷇
比
Holding Together
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Lower TrigramFire → EarthThe Clinging → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
深谷為陵，衰者復興，亂傾之國，民得安息，中婦病困，遂入冥室。
Deep valleys become hills; the fallen are restored again. A disordered, toppled state; the people find rest. The middle wife falls gravely ill, and enters the dark chamber at last.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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