Hexagram:Darkening of the Light →Hexagram:Before Completion
I Ching Transformation
36
Darkening of the Light
Ming Yi
Earth / Fire
→
64
Before Completion
Wei Ji
Fire / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Firereceptive to clinging
Lower TrigramFire →Wateryin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
桃弓葦戟，除殘去惡，敵人執服。
Peachwood bows and reed-stalk halberds; they cast out the wicked and expel the evil. The enemy submits and surrenders.
— 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 64 (Before Completion). 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.