䷡ Great Strength - 大壮

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Upper Trigram ☰ Qian   Lower Trigram ☳ Zhen

King Wen Order: 34 | Binary: 111100 | Leibniz Order: 61 | Genetic Code: AAU

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Great Strength

THE POWER OF THE GREAT. Perseverance furthers.

大壮:利贞

A goat butts against a hedge. It cannot go backward, it cannot go forward.

上六:羝羊触藩,不能退,不能遂,无攸利,艰则吉。

Loses the goat with ease.

六五:丧羊于易,无悔。

Perseverance brings good fortune. Remorse disappears.

九四:贞吉悔亡,藩决不羸,壮于大舆之輹。

The inferior man works through power.

九三:小人用壮,君子用罔,贞厉。羝羊触藩,羸其角。

Perseverance brings good fortune.

九二:贞吉。

Power in the toes. Continuing brings misfortune.

初九:壮于趾,征凶,有孚。

Video Explanations

Hexagram 34 - Using Power