Ta Kuo / Preponderance of the Great
above:Tui The Joyous, Lake
below:Sun The Gentle, Wind
Ta Kwo suggests to us a beam that is weak. There will be
advantage in moving (under its conditions) in any direction
whatever; there will be success.
Overall Meaning
Large excess, the symbol of major preponderance
Very extraordinary times require very extraordinary gifts in the conduct
of affairs in them. This is the text on which King Wan and his son discourse
after their fashion in this hexagram. What goes, in their view, to
constitute anything extraordinary is its greatness and difficulty. There
need not be about it what is not right.
Looking at the figure we see two weak lines at the top and bottom, and
four strong lines between them, giving us the idea of a great beam unable to
sustain its own weight. But the second and fifth lines are both strong and in
the center; and from this and the attributes of the component trigrams a good
auspice is obtained.