Hexagram 36 · line 6
Darkening of the Light
明夷Míng Yí
No light, only darkness. At first it rises to heaven; afterward it enters the earth.
Line statement
上六
不明晦，初登于天，後入于地。
No light, only darkness. At first it rises to heaven; afterward it enters the earth.
At Line 6, ascent has reversed into darkness and descent. A firm top changes Earth to Mountain and yields Hexagram 22, where Fire remains beneath visible form.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- outer · boundary
Line 6 is the boundary of the outer trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an even place: aligned
Its yin polarity matches the traditional even-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 3: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 3; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
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