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易 · #36

明夷

Darkening of the Light

Hexagram 36

Hexagram 36 Darkening of the Light (明夷)

Upper

坤Earth地

Lower

離Fire火

Meaning · modern paraphrase

Darkening of the light; guard the inner lamp.

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Related hexagrams

Opposite (錯卦)訟Conflict

Inverted (綜卦)晉Progress

Same upper trigram

坤The Receptive 師The Army 泰Peace 謙Modesty 臨Approach 復Return 升Pushing Upward

Same lower trigram

同人Fellowship 賁Grace 離The Clinging 家人The Family 革Revolution 豐Abundance 既濟After Completion

The I Ching is a traditional divination classic, for reflection and reference.