小畜 → 明夷
Hexagram 9: Small Taming → Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light
䷈
小畜
Small Taming
Wind / Heaven
→
䷣
明夷
Darkening of the Light
Earth / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive
Lower TrigramHeaven → FireThe Creative → The Clinging
Yilin Verse
狗無前足,陰謀其北;為身賊害,何以安息。
A dog without front legs; yin conspires in the north. Bringing harm to its own body; how can it find rest?
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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