Hexagram:Oppression →Hexagram:Darkening of the Light

I Ching Transformation

47
Oppression
Kun
Lake / Water
→
36
Darkening of the Light
Ming Yi
Earth / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake →Earthjoyous to receptive
Lower TrigramWater →Fireyin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

邃氣作雲，蒙覆大君。塞聰閉明，殷人賈傷。

Noxious vapors form clouds, cloaking and covering the great lord. Blocking his hearing and shutting his eyes; the people of Yin suffer ruin and harm.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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Related Pages

View Hexagram 47View Hexagram 36Reverse: 36 → 47

About This Page

This page shows the transformation from hexagram 47 (Oppression) to hexagram 36 (Darkening of the Light). 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.