Hexagram:Darkening of the Light →Hexagram:The Creative
I-Ching Transformation
36
Darkening of the Light
Ming Yi
Earth / Fire
→
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2: 明夷夷于左股用拯馬壯吉
明míngbrightness
夷yíobscured
夷yíand wounded
于yúin
左zuǒthe left
股gǔthigh
用yòngbut use
拯zhěngrelief
馬mǎthe horse
壯zhuàngis strong
吉jípromising
Line 4: 入于左腹獲明夷之心于出門庭
入rùentering
于yúby
左zuǒthe left (side)
腹fùof the belly
獲huòseize
明míngthe intelligence
夷yían
之zhīone's
心xīnheart
于yúbefore
出chūexit
門ménby
庭tíngand
Line 5: 箕子之明夷利貞
箕jī^(of) Ji (ancient Shang state)
子zǐthe prince
之zhīheld
明míngbrightness
夷yíobscured
利lìit is
貞zhēnto persist
Line 6: 不明晦初登于天後入于地
不bùnot
明míngbrightness
晦huìbut darkness
初chūat first
登dēngto rise
于yúinto
天tiānthe heavens
後hòuand
入rùto enter
于yúinto
地dìthe earth
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramFire →Heavenclinging to creative
Yilin Verse
踐履寒冰，十步九尋，雖有苦痛，不為憂病。
Treading on cold ice; ten steps, nine fathoms deep. Though there is bitter pain, it does not become grief or illness.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 36 (Darkening of the Light) to hexagram 1 (The Creative). 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.