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Hexagram 14 大有 changing to hexagram 3 屯

dà yǒu
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Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

What to read

Five changing lines: read the one unchanged line of the resulting hexagram. (Rule set out by Zhu Xi in the Yixue qimeng.)

Hexagram 3 屯, line 1

磐桓,利居貞,利建侯。

The first line, undivided, shows the difficulty (its subject has) in advancing. It will be advantageous for him to abide correct and firm; advantageous (also) to be made a feudal ruler.

The two hexagrams

Hexagram 14 大有 — judgment

元亨。

Tâ Yû indicates that, (under the circumstances which it implies), there will be great progress and success.

Hexagram 3 屯 — judgment

元亨,利貞。勿用有攸往,利建侯。

Kun (indicates that in the case which it presupposes) there will be great progress and success, and the advantage will come from being correct and firm. (But) any movement in advance should not be (lightly) undertaken. There will be advantage in appointing feudal princes.

The changing lines of hexagram 14

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2大轝以載,有攸往,无咎。In the second line, undivided, we have a large waggon with its load. In whatever direction advance is made, there will be no error.
3公用亨于天子,小人弗克。The third line, undivided, shows us a feudal prince presenting his offerings to the Son of Heaven. A small man would be unequal (to such a duty).
4匪其尫,无咎。The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject keeping his great resources under restraint. There will be no error.
5厥孚交如,威如;吉。The fifth line, divided, shows the sincerity of its subject reciprocated by that of all the others (represented in the hexagram). Let him display a proper majesty, and there will be good fortune.
6自天佑之,吉无不利。The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject with help accorded to him from Heaven. There will be good fortune, advantage in every respect.

English: James Legge (1882), public domain. Chinese: Zhou Yi.

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