Hexagram:Darkening of the Light →Hexagram:Coming to Meet
I-Ching Transformation
36
Darkening of the Light
Ming Yi
Earth / Fire
→
44
Coming to Meet
Gou
Heaven / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 明夷于飛垂其翼君子于行三日不食有攸往主人有言
明míngbrightness
夷yíobscured
于yúin
飛fēiflight
垂chuílet drag
其qíone
翼yìwing
君jūnthe noble
子zǐyoung one
于yúin
行xíngpassing
三sānis
日rìdays
不bùwithout
食shíeating
有yǒuhaving
攸yōusomewhere
往wǎngto go
主zhǔ^(in) authority
人rénthose
有yǒuwill
言yántalk
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 →Windclinging to gentle
Yilin Verse
孤獨特處，莫依為輔，心勞志苦。
Alone and solitary, dwelling apart; with none to lean on or aid. The heart toils, the spirit suffers.
— 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 44 (Coming to Meet). 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.