Ta Chuang / The Power of the Great

above: Ch^ en The Arousing, Thunder
below: Ch'ien The Creative, Heaven

Ta Kwang indicates that (under the conditions which it symbolizes) it will be advantageous to be firm and correct.

Overall Meaning

Great strength, the symbol of major power

The strong lines predominate in Ta Kwang. It suggested to King Wan a state or condition of things in which there was abundance of strength and vigor. Was strength alone enough for the conduct of affairs? No. He saw also in the figure that which suggested to him that strength should be held in subordination to the idea of right, and exerted only in harmony with it.

This is the lesson of the hexagram, as sententiously expressed in the Thwan.