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XIV. The Tâ Yû Hexagram.

Tâ Yû indicates that, (under the circumstances which it implies), there will be great progress and success.

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In the first line, undivided, there is no approach to what is injurious, and there is no error. Let there be a realisation of the difficulty (and danger of the position), and there will be no error (to the end).

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In the second line, undivided, we have a large waggon with its load. In whatever direction advance is made, there will be no error.

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The third line, undivided, shows us a feudal prince presenting his offerings to the Son of Heaven. A small man would be unequal (to such a duty).

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The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject keeping his great resources under restraint. There will be no error.

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The fifth line, divided, shows the sincerity of its subject reciprocated by that of all the others (represented in the hexagram). Let him display a proper majesty, and there will be good fortune.

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The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject with help accorded to him from Heaven. There will be good fortune, advantage in every respect.

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Chinese text from Chinese Wikisource (zh.wikisource.org), transcribed by Wikisource volunteers. Public domain. · Source ↗

James Legge's translation (1882). English is given for hexagrams 1–31 only; hexagrams 32–64 are shown in Chinese. Words in parentheses are Legge's additions.

Translated by James Legge, The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part II: The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East vol. 16 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882). Public domain. Transcribed and proofread from the scan by English Wikisource volunteers. · Source ↗

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