大畜
Dà ChùUpper: Mountain · 艮 · Lower: Heaven · 乾
Judgment利贞，不家食吉，利涉大川。
In plain wordsIt favors staying on the right course; not eating at home but serving outside is fortunate, and one may cross the great river. With rich virtue and strength stored up, it is time to step out, be used and take on large tasks.
The imageMountain above, heaven below: heaven's power is held inside the mountain, a picture of storing up and nurturing.
A hint for youOngoing learning and accumulation are a long-term investment. Once you have built enough, do not stay where you are: put your abilities where they are really needed.
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- 初九有厉利已。The first line, undivided, shows its subject in a position of peril. It will be advantageous for him to stop his advance.
- 九二舆说輹。The second line, undivided, shows a carriage with the strap under it removed.
- 九三良马逐，利艰贞，吉。日闲舆卫，利有攸往。The third line, undivided, shows its subject urging his way with good horses. It will be advantageous for him to realise the difficulty (of his course), and to be firm and correct, exercising himself daily in his charioteering and methods of defence; then there will be advantage in whatever direction he may advance.
- 六四童牛之告，元吉。The fourth line, divided, shows the young bull, (and yet) having the piece of wood over his horns. There will be great good fortune.
- 六五豮豕之牙，吉。The fifth line, divided, shows the teeth of a castrated hog. There will be good fortune.
- 上九何天之衢，亨。The sixth line, undivided, shows its subject (as) in command of the firmament of heaven. There will be progress.
Great accumulation; nurture your strength
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