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).

Line 1: 明夷于飛垂其翼君子于行三日不食有攸往主人有言

míngbrightness
obscured
in
fēiflight
chuílet drag
one
wing
jūnthe noble
young one
in
xíngpassing
sānis
days
without
shíeating
yǒuhaving
yōusomewhere
wǎngto go
zhǔ^(in) authority
rénthose
yǒuwill
yántalk

Line 2: 明夷夷于左股用拯馬壯吉

míngbrightness
obscured
and wounded
in
zuǒthe left
thigh
yòngbut use
zhěngrelief
the horse
zhuàngis strong
promising

Line 3: 明夷于南狩得其大首不可疾貞

míngbrightness
obscured
on
nánthe southern
shòuwinter hunt
finding
their
great
shǒuhead
this (is) no
an
a hasty
zhēnpersistence

Line 4: 入于左腹獲明夷之心于出門庭

entering
by
zuǒthe left (side)
of the belly
huòseize
míngthe intelligence
an
zhīone's
xīnheart
before
chūexit
ménby
tíngand

Line 5: 箕子之明夷利貞

^(of) Ji (ancient Shang state)
the prince
zhīheld
míngbrightness
obscured
it is
zhēnto persist

Line 6: 不明晦初登于天後入于地

not
míngbrightness
huìbut darkness
chūat first
dēngto rise
into
tiānthe heavens
hòuand
to enter
into
the earth

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.