Hexagram 36: Míng Yí (Darkening of the Light) · Takashima Ekidan

地火明夷 · 第 36 卦 · 中文版

Earth over Fire Mingyi; Mingyi: Advantageous to maintain firm integrity amid har...

Recorded Cases (8)

A certain friend, A, came hurrying over and asked for a divination about his fortune. The casting pr (Initial Nine: “Mingyi in flight, its wing drooping. The noble person sets out; for three days he does not eat. There is somewhere to go; the host has something to say.”)
In the twenty-eighth year of the Meiji era, I divined the fortune of our country and obtained Mingyi (Initial Nine: “Mingyi in flight, its wing drooping. The noble person sets out; for three days he does not eat. There is somewhere to go; the host has something to say.”)
In the twenty-second year of Meiji, a certain prominent person asked about his fortune and received (Six in the second place: “Mingyi in the left thigh. Strong horses come to the rescue. Good fortune.”)
In the sixteenth year of Meiji, a merchant came to ask about his fortune and received Darkening of t (Nine in the third place: Darkening of the Light during a southern hunt; one captures the great leader. It is not advisable to act repeatedly with determination.)
On the twenty-sixth day of the eighth month of the twenty-seventh year of Meiji, a divination was co (Nine in the third place: Darkening of the Light during a southern hunt; one captures the great leader. It is not advisable to act repeatedly with determination.)
A certain member of the gentry came to ask about his fortune and received Darkening of the Light cha (Six in the fourth place: Entering the left abdomen, grasping the heart of Darkening of the Light, and going out through the gate of the courtyard.)
In the eighteenth year of Meiji, in the fifth month, at the request of the chief superintendent of t (Six in the fifth place: The Darkening of the Light of Jizi. Advantageous to remain steadfast.)
In June of the twenty-first year of the Meiji era, I joined with Messrs. Sakata and Hattori to plan (Top six: No illumination; darkness. At first, one ascends to heaven; afterward, one enters the earth.)

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