Exact classical source
明入地中，明夷。君子以莅众，用晦而明。
Yarrow editorial translation. Brightness enters the earth: Darkening of the Light. Thus one responsible for many uses measured obscurity while retaining clarity.
Yarrow / Source Notes / 2026-07-17
Yarrow Image-to-Action note · 2026-07-17
Publish the Evidence, Protect the Source
Read Hexagram 36 Ming Yi through light kept clear under cover, then separate verifiable evidence from an identity exposed to retaliation.
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Hexagram 36 · Ming Yi · Darkening of the Light
This page studies a supplied Xiang image. It does not claim this hexagram was cast for the modern scene.
Textual correction
The bundled Yang Tiancai and Zhang Shanwen OCR reads 明人地中; Yarrow normalizes the character to 明入地中 using the Zhouyi Shangshi Xue witness and the surrounding Yang and Zhang explanation that describes light entering the earth.
Primary OCR witness. 明人地中，明夷。君子以莅众，用晦而明。
Corrected public reading. 明入地中，明夷。君子以莅众，用晦而明。
Source image
Light enters the earth and remains light, but its position below the surface keeps it from standing openly in danger.
Concrete tension
A finding needs public scrutiny, yet attaching the source's identity would expose that person to retaliation unrelated to whether the evidence is true.
Visible modern action
Create a redacted evidence packet that preserves dates, records, and verification steps while removing identity clues. Store the identity key with one named keeper, publish the packet, state the criteria for protected access, and record every approved opening in an access log.
Why this action comes from this source
The source keeps brightness while using obscurity among many people. The redacted evidence packet retains public clarity, while the identity key stays below the surface; a named keeper and access log make protection governed rather than vague, so truth can be examined without exposing its source.
Reflection question
Which identity detail can be hidden without weakening the evidence itself?
Audience value
Caring and informative: people can inspect the finding while the person who enabled scrutiny receives a concrete protection boundary.
Source boundary
The Chinese quotation is checked against Yarrow's bundled Yang Tiancai and Zhang Shanwen source text. Where that OCR witness substitutes a character, the page discloses the raw reading and checks the correction against a second classical witness. The English translation, objects, tension, and action are modern Yarrow editorial work. This is not a fresh cast, prediction, or promised outcome.