Hexagram:Darkening of the Light →Hexagram:Limitation
I Ching Transformation
36
Darkening of the Light
Ming Yi
Earth / Fire
→
60
Limitation
Jie
Water / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Waterreceptive to abysmal
Lower TrigramFire →Lakeclinging to joyous
Yilin Verse
牛驚馬走，上下渾擾。鼓音不絕，頃公奔敗。
Oxen startled, horses bolting; above and below in turmoil. Drum thunder without cease; Duke Qing flees in defeat.
— 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 60 (Limitation). 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.