大畜
Dà Xù · Great Accumulating
What you store up in quiet years is what carries you across.
The judgment
大畜：利貞，不家食吉，利涉大川。
Great accumulation. It is favorable to stay true; it is lucky not to eat at home, and it is worth crossing the great water.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex26.judgment.
The image
象曰：天在山中，大畜。君子以多識前言往行，以畜其德。
Heaven inside the mountain: great accumulation. A capable person learns the words and deeds of the past to store up character.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex26.image.
What you store up in quiet years is what carries you across.
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 有厲利已。 There is danger, and it is better to stop. Knowing when not to start is part of the storage.
There is danger, and it is better to stop. Knowing when not to start is part of the storage.
九二 輿說輻。 The cart loses its spokes. You cannot move yet: the vehicle is not ready, so do not blame the road.
The cart loses its spokes. You cannot move yet: the vehicle is not ready, so do not blame the road.
九三 良馬逐，利艱貞。 曰閑輿衛，利有攸往。 Good horses chase. It is fit to stay true through hardship; practice the cart and the guard, and then going is favorable.
Good horses chase. It is fit to stay true through hardship; practice the cart and the guard, and then going is favorable.
六四 童牛之牿，元吉。 A wooden guard on a young bull's horns. Great good fortune: train the strength before it can hurt anyone.
A wooden guard on a young bull's horns. Great good fortune: train the strength before it can hurt anyone.
六五 豶豕之牙，吉。 The tusks of a gelded boar. Good fortune: remove the source of the danger, not just the symptom.
The tusks of a gelded boar. Good fortune: remove the source of the danger, not just the symptom.
上九 何天之衢，亨。 A highway opens to heaven. Success: the accumulated years finally become a road.
A highway opens to heaven. Success: the accumulated years finally become a road.