大壯

Great Power

HEXAGRAM 34 · DÀ ZHUÀNG

ABOVE☳震Thunder

BELOW☰乾Heaven

THE JUDGEMENT

Great Power. Perseverance furthers.

THE IMAGE

Thunder high in heaven: the image of Great Power. Thus the noble one does not tread paths that do not accord with order.

THE LINES

Nine at the beginningPower in the feet: to go on brings misfortune. This is certain.

Nine in the second placePerseverance brings good fortune.

Nine in the third placeThe small man works through power, the noble one does not. To go on is dangerous: a goat butts against a hedge and entangles its horns.

Nine in the fourth placePerseverance brings good fortune, remorse vanishes. The hedge opens, there is no more entanglement: the power rests on the axle of a great cart.

Six in the fifth placeHe loses the goat with ease: no remorse.

Six at the topThe goat butts against the hedge: it can go neither back nor forward, nothing is favorable. But whoever notes the difficulty has good fortune.

KEYWORDS

powerstrengthvigorcautionrighteousness