Hexagram 46 of 64

Shēng — Rising by Degrees

地风升 · Legge: Shang · Earth above, Wind below

Rising by degrees: the small accumulations are the whole method, and going south is fortunate.

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The Judgment

Shēng. There will be great progress and success. Seeking by the qualities implied in it to meet with the great man, its subject need have no anxiety. Advance to the south will be fortunate.

Legge’s 1882 translation

Shang indicates that (under its conditions) there will be great progress and success. Seeking by (the qualities implied in it) to meet with the great man, its subject need have no anxiety. Advance to the south will be fortunate.

The Image

XLVI. (The trigram representing) wood and that for the earth with the wood growing in the midst of it form Shang. The superior man, in accordance with this, pays careful attention to his virtue, and accumulates the small developments of it till it is high and great.

地中生木,升;君子以顺德,积小以高大。

The Six Lines

The first six · 初六

The first line, divided, shows its subject advancing upwards with the welcome. There will be great good fortune.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The first six, divided, shows its subject advancing upwards with the welcome (of those above him). There will be great good fortune.

The second nine · 九二

The second line, undivided, shows its subject with that sincerity which will make even the offerings of the vernal sacrifice acceptable. There will be no error.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The second nine, undivided, shows its subject with that sincerity which will make even the (small) offerings of the vernal sacrifice acceptable. There will be no error.

The third nine · 九三

The third line, undivided, shows its subject ascending upwards an empty city.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The third nine, undivided, shows its subject ascending upwards (as into) an empty city.

The fourth six · 六四

The fourth line, divided, shows its subject employed by the king to present his offerings on mount Khi. There will be good fortune; there will be no mistake.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The fourth six, divided, shows its subject employed by the king to present his offerings on mount Khi. There will be good fortune; there will be no mistake.

The fifth six · 六五

The fifth line, divided, shows its subject firmly correct, and therefore enjoying good fortune. He ascends the stairs.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The fifth six, divided, shows its subject firmly correct, and therefore enjoying good fortune. He ascends the stairs (with all due ceremony).

The topmost six · 上六

The sixth line, divided, shows its subject advancing upwards blindly. Advantage will be found in a ceaseless maintenance of firm correctness.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The sixth six, divided, shows its subject advancing upwards blindly. Advantage will be found in a ceaseless maintenance of firm correctness.

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