明夷

Hexagram 56: The Wanderer → Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light

The Wanderer
Mountain / Fire
明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive
Lower TrigramFire Fire

Yilin Verse

素車木馬,不任負重。王子出征,憂危為咎。

A plain cart, a wooden horse, unfit to bear heavy loads. The prince sets out on campaign; worry and peril bring blame.

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

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