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XXVI. The Tâ Khû Hexagram.

Under the conditions of Tâ Khû it will be advantageous to be firm and correct. (If its subject do not seek to) enjoy his revenues in his own family (without taking service at court), there will be good fortune. It will be advantageous for him to cross the great stream.

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The first line, undivided, shows its subject in a position of peril. It will be advantageous for him to stop his advance.

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The second line, undivided, shows a carriage with the strap under it removed.

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The third line, undivided, shows its subject urging his way with good horses. It will be advantageous for him to realise the difficulty (of his course), and to be firm and correct, exercising himself daily in his charioteering and methods of defence; then there will be advantage in whatever direction he may advance.

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The fourth line, divided, shows the young bull, (and yet) having the piece of wood over his horns. There will be great good fortune.

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The fifth line, divided, shows the teeth of a castrated hog. There will be good fortune.

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The sixth line, undivided, shows its subject (as) in command of the firmament of heaven. There will be progress.

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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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