11
泰
Tài

Hexagram 11: Peace

彖 · Tuan

Judgment

The small goes, the great comes. Good fortune. Success.
Judgment Commentary · 彖傳
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.
Corresponds to line 3
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.
Central Corresponds to line 2
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.
Corresponds to line 1
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.
Corresponds to line 6
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.
Central Corresponds to line 5
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.
Corresponds to line 4
Commentary
Pulling up cogon grass and setting out: Good fortune. The will is directed outward.
卦象 · Guà Xiàng

Trigrams

Upper Trigram

K'un

Yielding

Element
Earth
Direction
Southwest
Family
Mother
Season
Late Summer
Lower Trigram

Ch'ien

Strong

Element
Metal
Direction
Northwest
Family
Father
Season
Late Autumn
Palace
Kun Palace
Role: Third Generation
Shi line 3 · Ying line 6
Ruling trigram
K'un

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Hexagram 19: Approach
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Hexagram 34: The Power of the Great

Correspondences

Upper Trigram
坤 K'un
Yielding
Lower Trigram
乾 Ch'ien
Strong
Palace
Kun Palace
Palace 7
Element
土 Earth
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