Line 1 Yang
Pulling grass brings its linked roots: advance involves companions joined to you.
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HEXAGRAM 11 · Tài
Open Exchange
Open exchange allows constructive forces to grow.
☷ Above: Kun · Earth☰ Below: Qian · Heaven
Meaning
Heaven and earth meet in a time of openness. Inclusion and cooperation sustain it; remembering that balance changes helps care for what is flourishing.
FOR REFLECTION
How does this openness benefit people beyond your immediate circle?
The six lines
Read from line 1 at the bottom to line 6 at the top. These are paraphrases, not verbatim translations.
Line 2 Yang
Include the rough, dare the river, forget no distant people, and set cliques aside.
Line 3 Yang
Level ground slopes and departures return; stay steady through change and value sufficiency.
Line 4 Yin
Join neighbors freely, without wealth or commands; trust makes the connection.
Line 5 Yin
Di Yi gives his daughter in marriage: a humble alliance serves a shared good.
Line 6 Yin
The city wall falls into its moat; avoid a campaign and address affairs at home.
References
Classical Zhouyi · 泰James Legge, The Yî King (1882), Sacred Books of the East XVI, hexagram 11
Editorial policy & bibliography →For reference and reflection. This commentary makes no certain claim about the future.