明夷

Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder → Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light

The Arousing Thunder
Thunder / Thunder
明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive
Lower TrigramThunder FireThe Arousing → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

列女无夫,閔思苦憂。齊子无良,使我心愁。

Women of virtue without husbands; in sorrow they grieve and suffer. The son of Qi is without goodness; he makes my heart heavy with care.

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

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