Hexagram 28 大過, Line 2
大過
Hexagram 28 · second line, undivided (nine)
枯楊生稊，老夫得其女妻，无不利。
The second line, undivided, shows a decayed willow producing shoots, or an old husband in possession of his young wife. There will be advantage in every way.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
老夫女妻，過以相與也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 28 becomes hexagram 31.
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Character glossary
- 枯kūdried out, withered, decayed
- 楊yángwillow, poplar, aspen; surname
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
- 稊tídarnels, tares
- 老lǎoold, aged; experienced
- 夫fūman, husband; worker; those
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 女nǚwoman, girl; female
- 妻qīwife
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 過guòpass; to go across, to pass through
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
- 與yǔand; with; to; for; to give, to grant
- 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.