26 · Great Taming (DÀ XÙ)
Great Taming gathers, stores, and trains strong energy so it becomes capacity for a larger undertaking.
The judgment
Great Taming: favourable to steadfastness. Not eating at home brings good fortune; favourable to cross the great river.
Accumulation is not for enclosure; it nourishes capacity for service, travel, and a greater crossing.
Original Chinese text
大畜，利貞。不家食吉，利涉大川。
The six lines
- 初九 · Line 1 — There is danger; it is favourable to stop.
Original Chinese
有厲，利已。
- 九二 · Line 2 — The cart's axle fittings come loose.
Original Chinese
輿說輹。
- 九三 · Line 3 — A good horse follows. Favourable in difficult steadfastness. Train cart and guards; favourable to go forward.
Original Chinese
良馬逐，利艱貞。曰閑輿衛，利有攸往。
- 六四 · Line 4 — A wooden guard for a young calf: great good fortune.
Original Chinese
童牛之牿，元吉。
- 六五 · Line 5 — The tusks of a castrated boar. Good fortune.
Original Chinese
豶豕之牙，吉。
- 上九 · Line 6 — What a heavenly thoroughfare! Success.
Original Chinese
何天之衢，亨。