益
Yì · Increase
Increase is not accumulation; it is the courage to change direction.
The judgment
益：利有攸往，利涉大川。
Increase. It is favorable to go somewhere and to cross the great water: this is the time to move and add.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex42.judgment.
The image
象曰：風雷，益。君子以見善則遷，有過則改。
Wind and thunder: increase. A capable person moves toward what is good and corrects what is wrong.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex42.image.
Increase is not accumulation; it is the courage to change direction.
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 利用為大作，元吉，無咎。 It is fit to do something great. Great good fortune, no blame: the gain should be spent on a large task.
It is fit to do something great. Great good fortune, no blame: the gain should be spent on a large task.
六二 或益之，十朋之龜弗克違，永貞吉。 王用享於帝，吉。 Someone adds to you; even a ten-shell turtle cannot refuse. Long constancy is lucky. The king offers sacrifice: good fortune.
Someone adds to you; even a ten-shell turtle cannot refuse. Long constancy is lucky. The king offers sacrifice: good fortune.
六三 益之用凶事，無咎。 有孚中行，告公用圭。 Increase used in a time of misfortune: no blame. With sincerity and a middle path, report to the lord with the jade tablet.
Increase used in a time of misfortune: no blame. With sincerity and a middle path, report to the lord with the jade tablet.
六四 中行，告公從。 利用為依遷國。 Walk the middle and report to the lord; he follows. It is fit to move the capital and rely on this.
Walk the middle and report to the lord; he follows. It is fit to move the capital and rely on this.
九五 有孚惠心，勿問元吉。 有孚惠我德。 Sincerity and a kind heart: do not even ask, it is great good fortune. Sincerity returns as kindness to your own character.
Sincerity and a kind heart: do not even ask, it is great good fortune. Sincerity returns as kindness to your own character.
上九 莫益之，或擊之，立心勿恆，凶。 No one adds to you; someone strikes instead. Your resolve is not constant: misfortune.
No one adds to you; someone strikes instead. Your resolve is not constant: misfortune.