34
大壯
Dà Zhuàng

Hexagram 34: The Power of the Great

彖 · Tuan

Judgment

Favorable to persevere.
Judgment Commentary · 彖傳
Great Strength means that what is great is strong. The firm acts, and therefore there is strength. Great Strength is favorable to persevere because what is great is correct. When greatness is correct, the inner nature of Heaven and Earth can be seen.
象 · Xiang

Image

Thunder above Heaven: Great Strength. The Noble One does not step beyond what propriety allows.
六爻 · Six Lines

Lines

Line 06

Top Six
A ram butts against a hedge. It can neither retreat nor advance. Nothing is favorable. Facing the difficulty brings Good fortune.
Corresponds to line 3
Commentary
Unable to retreat and unable to advance means not understanding the situation clearly. Facing the difficulty brings good fortune because the blame will not last long.

Line 05

Six in the Fifth
Lose the ram in open ground. No regret.
Central Corresponds to line 2
Commentary
Losing the ram in open ground means the position is not appropriate.

Line 04

Nine in the Fourth
Perseverance brings Good fortune. Regret vanishes. The hedge opens and there is no entanglement. Strength lies in the axle strap of a great carriage.
Corresponds to line 1
Commentary
The hedge opens and there is no entanglement because what is honored moves forward.

Line 03

Nine in the Third
The small person uses strength; the Noble One does not. Perseverance here is dangerous. A ram butts against a hedge and gets its horns entangled.
Corresponds to line 6
Commentary
The small person uses strength; the Noble One does not.

Line 02

Nine in the Second
Perseverance brings Good fortune.
Central Corresponds to line 5
Commentary
The perseverance and good fortune of Nine in the Second come through centeredness.

Line 01

Initial Nine
Strength in the toes. Going on brings Misfortune. This is certain.
Corresponds to line 4
Commentary
Strength in the toes means that this certainty runs to exhaustion.
卦象 · Guà Xiàng

Trigrams

Upper Trigram

Chên

Arousing

Element
Wood
Direction
East
Family
Eldest Son
Season
Spring
Lower Trigram

Ch'ien

Strong

Element
Metal
Direction
Northwest
Family
Father
Season
Late Autumn
Palace
Kun Palace
Role: Fourth Generation
Shi line 4 · Ying line 1

Related hexagrams

Nuclear
Hexagram 43: Breakthrough
Opposite
Hexagram 20: Contemplation
Inverse
Hexagram 33: Retreat
Same palace
Hexagram 2: The Receptive
Same palace
Hexagram 24: Return
Same palace
Hexagram 19: Approach

Correspondences

Upper Trigram
震 Chên
Arousing
Lower Trigram
乾 Ch'ien
Strong
Palace
Kun Palace
Palace 7
Element
土 Earth
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