☷地🌎 Earth
☲火🔥 Fire
明入地中,明夷; 君子以蒞眾,用晦而明。
Brightness within the earth: Brilliance Hidden. In governing the people, superior people take care to conceal their light, but shine nevertheless.
明夷: 利艱貞。
Brilliance Hidden: Beneficial to persevere through difficulty.
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不明晦,初登于天, 後入于地。
Not light, but darkness. First they climb to heaven, then they plunge to the depths of the earth.
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箕子之明夷,利貞。
A leader suffered from brilliance hidden, but persisted along a righteous course & was rewarded.
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入于左腹, 獲明夷之心, 出于門庭。
Finding the concealed heart of brilliance hidden, then leaving home.
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明夷于南狩, 得其大首, 不可疾貞。
Brilliance hidden during a hunt in the south. The great leader is captured. It is correct to continue without hurrying.
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明夷,夷于左股, 用拯馬壯,吉。
Brilliance hidden. Injured in the left thigh. Rescued by a strong horse. Good fortune.
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明夷于飛, 垂其翼。 君子于行, 三日不食, 有攸往, 主人有言。
Brilliance hidden flies & droops its wings. The superior person fasts for three days while wandering. A host speaks negatively of them. They leave to go someplace.