大有
Dà Yǒu · Great Possession
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The judgment
大有:元亨。
Great possession. Supreme success: the sun is high and what you hold is real.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex14.judgment.
The image
象曰:火在天上,大有。君子以遏惡揚善,順天休命。
Fire in the sky: great possession. A capable person stops what is harmful, lifts what is good, and accepts the order of things.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex14.image.
Abundance is a responsibility to distribute, not a license to display.
The six lines
Each line is a stage, from the bottom of the hexagram to the top. Open any line to read it in plain English.
初九 無交害,匪咎,艱則無咎。 No harm in not reaching for connections yet. Not a fault; stay careful and it stays clean.
No harm in not reaching for connections yet. Not a fault; stay careful and it stays clean.
九二 大車以載,有攸往,無咎。 A big cart loaded and ready. You can go somewhere with what you have, and there is no blame.
A big cart loaded and ready. You can go somewhere with what you have, and there is no blame.
九三 公用亨於天子,小人弗克。 A lord brings his offering to the emperor. A small person cannot carry this role: abundance offered upward, not pocketed.
A lord brings his offering to the emperor. A small person cannot carry this role: abundance offered upward, not pocketed.
九四 匪其彭,無咎。 Do not let the display get loud. No blame: holding back the spectacle is what keeps it safe.
Do not let the display get loud. No blame: holding back the spectacle is what keeps it safe.
六五 厥孚交如,威如﹔吉。 Sincere and open with people, and yet dignified. Good fortune: trust and authority can sit together.
Sincere and open with people, and yet dignified. Good fortune: trust and authority can sit together.
上九 自天佑之,吉無不利。 Blessed from above. Good fortune; nothing is unfavorable: the position is earned and the season agrees.
Blessed from above. Good fortune; nothing is unfavorable: the position is earned and the season agrees.