Hexagram:Enthusiasm Hexagram:Darkening of the Light

I Ching Transformation

16
Enthusiasm
Yu
Thunder / Earth
36
Darkening of the Light
Ming Yi
Earth / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder Eartharousing to receptive
Lower TrigramEarth Firereceptive to clinging

Yilin Verse

鶴盜我珠,逃於東都;懷怒追求,郭氏之墟。不見蹤跡,使伯心憂。

A crane stole my pearl and fled to the eastern capital; in angry pursuit I sought it, through the ruins of the Guo clan. No trace was found -- it makes the elder heart grieve.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 16 (Enthusiasm) 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.