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Hexagram 36 · Míng Yí (地火明夷)

Direct summary

Hexagram 36, Míng Yí (地火明夷), places Lí (离, Fire) below Kūn (坤, Earth).

Its nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms are Hexagrams 40, 6, and 35.

Structure reading

The lower trigram is Lí (离, Fire); the upper trigram is Kūn (坤, Earth).

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 36 comes between Hexagrams 35 and 37.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 36 with its nuclear form (40), opposite form (6), and reversed form (35). Which comparison is easiest to describe from the structure alone?

Editorial references

  1. Yi structural index: King Wen number, name, trigrams, and nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms.
  2. Yi editorial method: site-authored guidance is kept separate from classical text.
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