Line 06
Top Nine
Heaven's great thoroughfare. Success.
Corresponds to line 3
Commentary
Heaven's great thoroughfare means the Way greatly prevails.
26
大畜
Dà Chù
Hexagram 26: The Taming Power of the Great
彖 · Tuan
Judgment
Favorable to persevere. Not eating at home brings Good fortune. Favorable to cross the great river.
Judgment Commentary · 彖傳
Great Accumulating means firmness, strength, sincerity, and substance, with shining light renewed day by day. Its virtue is firm above and honors the worthy. It can restrain strength: this is great correctness. Not eating at home brings Good fortune because it nourishes the worthy. Favorable to cross the great river because it responds to Heaven.
象 · Xiang
Image
Heaven within the mountain: Great Accumulating. The Noble One, by learning many former sayings and past deeds, builds up virtue.
六爻 · Six Lines
Lines
Line 05
Six in the Fifth
The tusk of a gelded boar. Good fortune.
Central Corresponds to line 2
Commentary
The good fortune of Six in the Fifth means there is celebration.
Line 04
Six in the Fourth
A young bull's crossbar. Prime good fortune.
Corresponds to line 1
Commentary
The prime good fortune of Six in the Fourth means there is joy.
Line 03
Nine in the Third
Good horses give chase. Favorable in difficult perseverance. Train chariot and guards daily. Favorable to have somewhere to go.
Corresponds to line 6
Commentary
Favorable to have somewhere to go because its will joins with what is above.
Line 02
Nine in the Second
The carriage throws off its axle strap.
Central Corresponds to line 5
Commentary
The carriage throws off its axle strap. Centered, there is no fault.
Line 01
Initial Nine
There is danger. Favorable to stop.
Corresponds to line 4
Commentary
There is danger. Favorable to stop. One does not bring disaster upon oneself.
卦象 · Guà Xiàng
Trigrams
Ruling trigram
Kên
