明夷

Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light

Opposition
Fire / Lake
明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire EarthThe Clinging → The Receptive
Lower TrigramLake FireThe Joyous → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

東家殺牛,行逆腥臊,神背西顧,命衰絕周。亳社災燒,宋人夷誅。

The eastern house slaughters an ox; the act is contrary, reeking and foul. The spirits turn west in revulsion; fate wanes and the Zhou line is severed. The Bo shrine burns in disaster; the people of Song are destroyed.

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

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