明夷卦

Judgment（Original text）

利艰贞。

Hexagram structure

Upper trigram

坤（Earth） · Earth

Lower trigram

离（Fire） · Fire

Mutual hexagram

解 · 雷水解

Reversed (zong)

晋 · 火地晋

Opposite (cuo)

讼 · 天水讼

How to read changing lines

When a cast produces moving lines (three of a kind with coins, or a moving line in Mei Hua time casting), classical rules set the priority. Following Zhu Xi's Yixue Qimeng:

• One line movesRead the moving line's text of this hexagram as primary
• Two lines moveRead both moving lines' texts, the upper one takes precedence
• Three lines moveCombine the Judgments of this hexagram and the changed one (ben as zhen, changed as hui)
• Four lines moveRead the two unmoved lines' texts of the changed hexagram, the lower takes precedence
• Five lines moveRead the single unmoved line's text of the changed hexagram
• Six lines moveQian and Kun use their special 'Yong' texts; other hexagrams read the changed hexagram's Judgment

The Line texts are listed in full below.

Lines（Original text）

1. Line 1初九：明夷于飞，垂其翼。君子于行，三日不食，有攸往，主人有言。
2. Line 2六二：明夷，夷于左股，用拯马壮，吉。
3. Line 3九三：明夷于南狩，得其大首，不可疾贞。
4. Line 4六四：入于左腹，获明夷之心，于出门庭。
5. Line 5六五：箕子之明夷，利贞。
6. Line 6上六：不明晦，初登于天，后入于地。