Hexagram:Darkening of the Light Hexagram:Conflict

I Ching Transformation

36
Darkening of the Light
Ming Yi
Earth / Fire
6
Conflict
Song
Heaven / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Heavenyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramFire Wateryin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

穿鼻繫株,為虎所拘。王母祝祠,禍不成災,遂然脫來。

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.