The small goes, the great comes. Good fortune. Success.
彖傳 · Tuan Zhuan
Judgment Commentary
Tai: the small goes, the great comes. Good fortune. Success. This means Heaven and Earth join and the myriad beings communicate; above and below join and their aims are the same. Within is yang and without is yin; within is vigorous and without is compliant; within are Noble Ones and without are petty people. The Noble One's way grows and the petty person's way diminishes.
象 · Xiang
Image
Heaven and Earth join: Tai. The sovereign regulates and completes the ways of Heaven and Earth, supports what is fitting in them, and thereby aids the people.
六爻 · Six Lines
Lines
Line 06
Top Six
The city wall falls back into the moat. Do not use the army. From the city, announce the command. Perseverance brings regret.
Commentary
The city wall falls back into the moat: its mandate is in disorder.
Line 05
Six in the Fifth
Di Yi marries off the younger sister. Thereby blessing. Prime good fortune.
Commentary
Thereby blessing, prime good fortune: through the center, it carries out the wish.
Line 04
Six in the Fourth
Fluttering down. Not wealthy together with the neighbors. Without warning, yet with trust.
Commentary
Fluttering down and not wealthy: all have lost substance. Without warning, yet with trust: this is the wish at the center of the heart.
Line 03
Nine in the Third
No level ground without a slope, no going without return. Persevere through hardship. No blame. Do not grieve over this trust. In eating there is blessing.
Commentary
No going without return: this is the boundary where Heaven and Earth meet.
Line 02
Nine in the Second
Embrace the uncultivated. Use this to ford the river. Do not leave the distant behind. Partisanship falls away. One gains esteem through balanced conduct.
Commentary
Embracing the uncultivated and gaining esteem through balanced conduct: thereby becoming broad and great.
Line 01
Initial Nine
When cogon grass is pulled up by the roots, its kind comes with it. Setting out: Good fortune.
Commentary
Pulling up cogon grass and setting out: Good fortune. The will is directed outward.