姤 → 明夷
Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet → Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1
初六 繫于金柅。貞吉。有攸往。見凶。羸豕孚蹢躅。
Six at the beginning means: It must be checked with a brake of bronze. Perseverance brings good fortune. If one lets it take its course, one experiences misfortune. Even a lean pig has it in him to rage around.
Line 2
九二 包有魚。无咎。不利賓。
Nine in the second place means: There is a fish in the tank. No blame. Does not further guests.
Line 4
九四 包无魚。起凶。
Nine in the fourth place means: No fish in the tank. This leads to misfortune.
Line 5
九五 以杞包瓜。含章。有隕自天。
Nine in the fifth place means: A melon covered with willow leaves. Hidden lines. Then it drops down to one from heave.
Line 6
上九 姤其角。吝。无咎。
Nine at the top means: He comes to meet with his horns. Humiliation. No blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
西戎為疾，幽君去室。陳子發難，項伯成就。
The Western Rong bring affliction; the darkened lord abandons his chambers. Chen Zi raises the banner of revolt; Xiang Bo brings it to fruition.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind beneath heaven encounters the darkening of light. The Western Rong invade as a plague upon the realm, and the benighted ruler abandons his chambers. Then a 'Master Chen' raises the standard of revolt, while Xiang Bo brings the enterprise to completion. The verse layers multiple periods of crisis: the Western Rong barbarians threatening Zhou, a ruler driven from power, and figures who exploit chaos to forge new order. Xiang Bo, uncle of Xiang Yu, famously aided Liu Bang at the Hongmen Banquet. From Coming to Meet to Darkening of the Light, brightness sinks into the earth — the wise conceal their brilliance to survive. Gou's encounter here is with raw political violence, navigable only through strategic obscurity.
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