Pierced through the nose, tied to a stump; held captive by the tiger. The Queen Mother prays at the shrine; the disaster does not become calamity, and at last one breaks free.
— 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 6 (Conflict). 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.