Hexagram 36 · line 4
Darkening of the Light
明夷Míng Yí
Entering the left side of the belly, one reaches the heart of the darkening, then goes out through the gate and courtyard.
Line statement
六四
入于左腹，獲明夷之心，于出門庭。
Entering the left side of the belly, one reaches the heart of the darkening, then goes out through the gate and courtyard.
Line 4 enters a concealed interior and then leaves through the gate. Zhu Xi marks the passage as uncertain and tentatively reads it as discovering the inner intention and withdrawing. Changing Line 4 makes Thunder above Fire, Hexagram 55.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- outer · base
Line 4 is the base of the outer trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an even place: aligned
Its yin polarity matches the traditional even-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 1: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 1; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes