The Hexagrams

One of the sixty-four hexagrams of the Yijing, the Book of Changes.

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Brightness Wounded

Mingyi 明夷

It is favorable to be steadfast in hard times.

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The light sinks into the earth: this is Brightness Wounded. So the noble person oversees the people by veiling the light, and so stays bright.

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Adapted from Yi King (1882) by James Legge.