Hexagram:The Creative →Hexagram:Darkening of the Light
I-Ching Transformation
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
→
36
Darkening of the Light
Ming Yi
Earth / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2: 見龍在田利見大人
見jiànsee
龍lóngdragon
在zàiin
田tiánfield
利lìworthwhile
見jiànto see
大dàmature
人rénhuman being
Line 4: 或躍在淵無咎
或huòsomehow
躍yuèto dance
在zàiacross
淵yuāndeep
無wúavoid
咎jiùwrong
Line 5: 飛龍在天利見大人
飛fēiin flight
龍lóngdragon
在zàiacross
天tiānheaven
利lìworthwhile
見jiànto see
大dàmature
人rénhuman being
Line 6: 亢龍有悔
亢kàngarrogant
龍lóngdragon
有yǒuhas
悔huǐregret
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramHeaven →Firecreative to clinging
Yilin Verse
弓矢俱張，把彈折絃，丸發不至，道遇害患。
Bow and arrow both drawn, but the pellet snaps the string. The shot does not reach its mark; on the road one meets harm and danger.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 1 (The Creative) to hexagram 36 (Darkening of the Light). In the I-Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.