明夷

Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light

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

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive
Lower TrigramLake FireThe Joyous → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

穆違百里,使孟奮武。將軍師戰,敗於殽口。

Duke Mu defied Baili Xi; sending Meng to take up arms. The general led his troops to battle; defeated at the pass of Xiao.

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

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