Hexagram 36 明夷, Line 6
明夷
Hexagram 36 · sixth line, divided (six)
不明晦，初登于天，後入于地。
The sixth line, divided, shows the case where there is no light, but (only) obscurity. (Its subject) had at first ascended to (the top of) the sky; his future shall be to go into the earth.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
初登于天，照四國也。後入于地，失則也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 36 becomes hexagram 22.
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Character glossary
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 明míngbright, clear; to explain, to understand
- 晦huìdark, obscure, unclear; night
- 初chūbeginning, initial, primary
- 登dēngto rise, to mount, to board, to climb
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
- 後hòuafter; behind, rear; descendants
- 入rùto enter, to come in; to join
- 地deearth, ground, soil; land, region; struc
- 照zhàoto shine, to reflect, to illuminate
- 四sìfour
- 國guócountry, nation, state; national
- 也yěalso, too
- 失shīto lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
- 則zérule, law, regulation; grades
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.