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Dà Guò — A Load Too Great

泽风大过 · Legge: Ta Kwo · Lake above, Wind below

A beam too weak for its load: the structure will not hold by itself, so move, and move now.

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The Judgment

Dà Guò suggests to us a beam that is weak. There will be advantage in moving in any direction whatever; there will be success.

Legge’s 1882 translation

Ta Kwo suggests to us a beam that is weak. There will be advantage in moving (under its conditions) in any direction whatever; there will be success.

The Image

XXVIII. (The trigram representing) trees hidden beneath that for the waters of a marsh forms Ta Kwo. The superior man, in accordance with this, stands up alone and has no fear, and keeps retired from the world without regret.

泽灭木,大过;君子以独立不惧,遯世无闷。

The Six Lines

The first six · 初六

The first line, divided, shows one placing mats of the white mao grass under things set on the ground. There will be no error.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The first six, divided, shows one placing mats of the white mao grass under things set on the ground. There will be no error.

The second nine · 九二

The second line, undivided, shows a decayed willow producing shoots, or an old husband in possession of his young wife. There will be advantage in every way.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The second nine, undivided, shows a decayed willow producing shoots, or an old husband in possession of his young wife. There will be advantage in every way.

The third nine · 九三

The third line, undivided, shows a beam that is weak. There will be evil.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The third nine, undivided, shows a beam that is weak. There will be evil.

The fourth nine · 九四

The fourth line, undivided, shows a beam curving upwards. There will be good fortune. If the subject of it looks for other help but that of line one, there will be cause for regret.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The fourth nine, undivided, shows a beam curving upwards. There will be good fortune. If (the subject of it) looks for other (help but that of line one), there will be cause for regret.

The fifth nine · 九五

The fifth line, undivided, shows a decayed willow producing flowers, or an old wife in possession of her young husband. There will be occasion neither for blame nor for praise.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The fifth nine, undivided, shows a decayed willow producing flowers, or an old wife in possession of her young husband. There will be occasion neither for blame nor for praise.

The topmost six · 上六

The topmost line, divided, shows its subject with extraordinary boldness wading through a stream, till the water hides the crown of his head. There will be evil, but no ground for blame.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The topmost six, divided, shows its subject with extraordinary (boldness) wading through a stream, till the water hides the crown of his head. There will be evil, but no ground for blame.

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