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).
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.