蹇 → 明夷
Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light
䷦
蹇
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
→
䷣
明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → EarthThe Deep → The Receptive
Lower TrigramMountain → FireKeeping Still → The Clinging
Yilin Verse
欲飛不能,志苦心勞,福不我求。
Wishing to fly yet unable; the will is bitter and the heart toils. Blessings do not seek me out.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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