Hexagram 11 泰, Line 1
泰
Hexagram 11 · first line, undivided (nine)
拔茅茹以其彙，征吉。
The first line, undivided, suggests the idea of grass pulled up, and bringing with it other stalks with whose roots it is connected. Advance (on the part of its subject) will be fortunate.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
拔茅征吉，志在外也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 11 becomes hexagram 46.
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Character glossary
- 拔báto uproot, to pull out; to select, to pr
- 茅máorushes, reeds, grass; surname
- 茹rúroots, vegetables
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 彙huìto gather, to collect; confluence
- 征zhēngto summon, to recruit; levy, tax; journe
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 志zhìdetermination, will; mark, sign; to reco
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate t
- 外wàiout, outside, external; foreign; in addi
- 也yěalso, too
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.