Hexagram:Conflict →Hexagram:Darkening of the Light
I Ching Transformation
6
Conflict
Song
Heaven / Water
→
36
Darkening of the Light
Ming Yi
Earth / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramWater →Fireyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
養虎牧狼，還自賊傷。大勇小捷，雖危不亡。
Raising tigers, herding wolves; they turn and wound their keeper. Great courage wins small victories; though perilous, not perishing.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 6 (Conflict) 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.