Line 1 Yang
An opportunity supports a substantial undertaking. Extra effort should serve a worthy purpose and produce real benefit.
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HEXAGRAM 42 · Yì
Increase
Growth gains meaning when resources support others and help correct mistakes.
☴ Above: Xun · Wind☳ Below: Zhen · Thunder
Meaning
Wind and thunder reinforce movement. Benefit flows downward through generosity, learning, and correction; demanding more only for oneself undermines growth.
FOR REFLECTION
Who could receive a concrete benefit from the resources now available to me?
The six lines
Read from line 1 at the bottom to line 6 at the top. These are paraphrases, not verbatim translations.
Line 2 Yin
Valuable tortoise shells affirm incoming help, yet lasting uprightness is still required. Benefit carries responsibility.
Line 3 Yin
Assistance comes during misfortune; sincerity and a jade-token report to the lord establish accountability. Use help transparently.
Line 4 Yin
A balanced proposal wins the lord's agreement. Relocation or reorganization requires dependable support and consent.
Line 5 Yang
A sincere wish to benefit others needs no further omen. Trust responds to the substance of generous conduct.
Line 6 Yang
Unsteady self-seeking brings no support and may invite attack. Reconsider both motive and consistency.
References
Classical Zhouyi · 益James Legge, The Yî King (1882), Sacred Books of the East XVI, hexagram 42
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