夬 → 明夷
Hexagram 43: Breakthrough → Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light
䷪
夬
Breakthrough
Lake / Heaven
→
䷣
明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive
Lower TrigramHeaven → FireThe Creative → The Clinging
Yilin Verse
長夜短日，陰為陽賊。萬物空枯，藏於北陸。
The sun sinks half a pole-height and it is dusk. Frost kills every grass, leaving no root. Ice seals the land — not a sign of life; only the north wind makes a weeping sound.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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