Ta Ch'u / The Taming Power of the Great

above:K^ en Keeping Still, Mountain
below:Ch'ien The Creative, Heaven

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

A boar is a powerful and dangerous animal. Let him be castrated, and though his tusks remain, he cares little to use them. Here line 5 represents the ruler in the hexagram, whose work is to repress the advance of evil. A conflict with the subject of the strong second line in its advance would be perilous; but 5, taking early precaution, reduces it to the condition of the castrated pig. Not only is there no evil, but there is good fortune.