Hexagram:Treading →Hexagram:Darkening of the Light
I-Ching Transformation
10
Treading
Lu
Heaven / Lake
→
36
Darkening of the Light
Ming Yi
Earth / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2: 履道坦坦幽人貞吉
履lǚtread
道dàoway
坦tǎnlevel
坦tǎnsmooth
幽yōuobscure
人rénone's
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jípromising
Line 3: 眇能視跛能履履虎尾咥人凶武人為于大君
眇miǎoone-eyed
能néngcan
視shìto see
跛bǒlame
能néngcan
履lǚto walk
履lǚtreading
虎hǔtiger
尾wěitail
咥diéthe bitten
人rénone's
凶xiōngmisfortune
武wǔmilitary
人rénone
為wéiacts
于yúin the place of
大dàgreat
君jūnsuperior
Line 4: 履虎尾愬愬終吉
履lǚtreading
虎hǔtiger
尾wěitail
愬sùpleading
愬sùpleading
終zhōngwill end
吉jípromise
Line 5: 夬履貞厲
夬guàidetermined
履lǚtread
貞zhēnpersistence
厲lìstressful
Line 6: 視履考祥其旋元吉
視shìstudy
履lǚfootsteps
考kǎoexamine
祥xiángomens
其qíif
旋xuáncome full circle
元yuánsupreme
吉jígood fortune
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramLake →Firejoyous to clinging
Yilin Verse
築亂不時，使民恨憂；立祉為笑，君危臣騷。
Building recklessly, out of season; the people are filled with resentment and grief. Establishing a monument only to be mocked; the lord is endangered, the ministers agitated.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 10 (Treading) 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.