歸妹 → 明夷
Hexagram 54: The Marrying Maiden → Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light
䷵
歸妹
The Marrying Maiden
Thunder / Lake
→
䷣
明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder → EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive
Lower TrigramLake → FireThe Joyous → The Clinging
Yilin Verse
縮緒亂絲，舉手為災。越畝逐兔，喪其衣袴。
Pulling tangled thread from a knotted skein; every touch brings further disaster. Crossing the furrows to chase the hare, losing one's very trousers.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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