62
小過
Xiǎo Guò

Hexagram 62: Preponderance of the Small

彖 · Tuan

Judgment

Success. Favorable to persevere. Small matters can be done. Great matters cannot be done. The flying bird leaves its call: it is not fitting to rise, it is fitting to descend. Great Good fortune.
Judgment Commentary · 彖傳
Small Exceeding means success because the small oversteps and thus succeeds. To overstep with Favorable to persevere means moving with the time. The yielding gains the center, and therefore small matters are auspicious. The firm loses its place and is not centered, and therefore great matters cannot be done. There is the image of a flying bird. The flying bird leaves its call: it is not fitting above, it is fitting below. Great Good fortune. Above is contrary and below is compliant.
象 · Xiang

Image

Thunder on the mountain: Small Exceeding. The Noble One exceeds in reverence in conduct, exceeds in grief in mourning, and exceeds in frugality in use.
六爻 · Six Lines

Lines

Line 06

Top Six
Not meeting it, one oversteps it. The flying bird leaves it behind. Misfortune. This is called calamity and affliction.
Corresponds to line 3
Commentary
Not meeting it and overstepping it means it is already overreaching.

Line 05

Six in the Fifth
Dense clouds, no rain, from our western outskirts. The duke shoots and takes what is in the cave.
Central Corresponds to line 2
Commentary
Dense clouds with no rain mean that it has already risen above.

Line 04

Nine in the Fourth
No blame. Do not overstep, but meet it. Going on is dangerous and demands caution. Do not persist forever.
Corresponds to line 1
Commentary
Not overstepping but meeting it means the place is not appropriate. Going on is dangerous and demands caution because in the end it cannot last long.

Line 03

Nine in the Third
Do not overstep; guard against it. In following along, perhaps one is injured. Misfortune.
Corresponds to line 6
Commentary
Following along, perhaps one is injured. How could this not be Misfortune?

Line 02

Six in the Second
Passing the grandfather and meeting the grandmother. Not reaching the lord and meeting the minister. No blame.
Central Corresponds to line 5
Commentary
Not reaching the lord means a minister must not go beyond.

Line 01

Initial Six
The flying bird brings Misfortune.
Corresponds to line 4
Commentary
The flying bird bringing Misfortune means nothing can be done about it.
卦象 · Guà Xiàng

Trigrams

Upper Trigram

Chên

Arousing

Element
Wood
Direction
East
Family
Eldest Son
Season
Spring
Lower Trigram

Kên

Still

Element
Earth
Direction
Northeast
Family
Youngest Son
Season
Early Winter
Palace
Dui Palace
Role: Wandering Soul
Shi line 4 · Ying line 1

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Hexagram 28: Preponderance of the Great
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Correspondences

Upper Trigram
震 Chên
Arousing
Lower Trigram
艮 Kên
Still
Palace
Dui Palace
Palace 8
Element
金 Metal
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