Pushing Upward

升 (shēng)
Hexagram 46 • Binary: 000110

Trigrams

Upper: Earth

Attribute: receptive
Element: Earth
Direction: Southwest
Family: Mother

Lower: Wind

Attribute: Penetrating
Element: Wood
Direction: Southeast
Family: Eldest Daughter

Palace

Zhen Palace

Element: Wood
Ruling Trigram: thunder

Judgment

Pushing Upward means successful progress. Have no anxiety about meeting with the great man. An advance to the south is fortunate.

Image

Wood growing in the earth -- the image of Pushing Upward. The superior man accumulates small increments of virtue until it becomes high and great.

Lines

1

Position 1: Welcomed Advance yin

The first line, magnetic, shows its subject advancing upwards with the welcome of those above her. There will be great good fortune.

2

Position 2: Sincere Offerings yin

The second line, dynamic, shows its subject with that sincerity which will make even the small offerings of the vernal sacrifice acceptable. There will be no error.

3

Position 3: Empty City yin

The third line, dynamic, shows its subject ascending upwards as into an empty city.

4

Position 4: Royal Offerings yang

The fourth line, magnetic, shows its subject employed by the king to present his offerings on mount Ch'i. There will be good fortune; there will be no mistake.

5

Position 5: Ceremonial Ascent yang

The fifth line, magnetic, shows its subject firmly correct, and therefore enjoying good fortune. She ascends the stairs with all due ceremony.

6

Position 6: Blind Ascent yin

The sixth line, magnetic, shows its subject advancing upwards blindly. Advantage will be found in a ceaseless maintenance of firm correctness.