Hexagram 26 of 64

Dà Chù — Great Restraint

山天大畜 · Legge: Ta Khu · Mountain above, Heaven below

Great storing-up: keep the revenues in the family, and let the words of older men accumulate.

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The Judgment

Under the conditions of Dà Chù it will be advantageous to be firm and correct. Enjoy his revenues in his own family, there will be good fortune. It will be advantageous for him to cross the great stream.

Legge’s 1882 translation

Under the conditions of Ta Khu it will be advantageous to be firm and correct. (If its subject do not seek to) enjoy his revenues in his own family (without taking service at court), there will be good fortune. It will be advantageous for him to cross the great stream.

The Image

XXVI. (The trigram representing) a mountain, and in the midst of it that (representing) heaven, form Ta Khu. The superior man, in accordance with this, stores largely in his memory the words and deeds of former men, to subserve the accumulation of his virtue.

天在山中,大畜;君子以多识前言往行,以畜其德。

The Six Lines

The first nine · 初九

The first line, undivided, shows its subject in a position of peril. It will be advantageous for him to stop his advance.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The first nine, undivided, shows its subject in a position of peril. It will be advantageous for him to stop his advance.

The second nine · 九二

The second line, undivided, shows a carriage with the strap under it removed.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The second nine, undivided, shows a carriage with the strap under it removed.

The third nine · 九三

The third line, undivided, shows its subject urging his way with good horses. It will be advantageous for him to realize the difficulty, and to be firm and correct, exercising himself daily in his charioteering and methods of defense; then there will be advantage in whatever direction he may advance.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The third nine, undivided, shows its subject urging his way with good horses. It will be advantageous for him to realize the difficulty (of his course), and to be firm and correct, exercising himself daily in his charioteering and methods of defense; then there will be advantage in whatever direction he may advance.

The fourth six · 六四

The fourth line, divided, shows the young bull, having the piece of wood over his horns. There will be great good fortune.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The fourth six, divided, shows the young bull, (and yet) having the piece of wood over his horns. There will be great good fortune.

The fifth six · 六五

The fifth line, divided, shows the teeth of a castrated hog. There will be good fortune.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The fifth six, divided, shows the teeth of a castrated hog. There will be good fortune.

The topmost nine · 上九

The sixth line, undivided, shows its subject in command of the firmament of heaven. There will be progress.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The sixth nine, undivided, shows its subject (as) in command of the firmament of heaven. There will be progress.

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