Ta Ch'u / The Taming Power of the Great
above:K^ en Keeping Still, Mountain
below:Ch'ien The Creative, Heaven
Under the condition of Ta Khu it will be advantageous to be
firm and correct. If its subject do not seek to) enjoy his
revenues in his own family (without taking service at court),
and there will be good fortune. It will be advantageous for
him to cross the great stream.
Overall Meaning
Major restraint, the symbol of great taming force
Khu has two meanings. It is the symbol of restraint, and of
accumulation. What is repressed and restrained accumulates its strength and
increases its volume. Both these meanings are found in the treatise on the
Thwan; the exposition of the Great Symbolism has for its subject the
accumulation of virtue. The different lines are occupied with the repression
or restraint of movement. The first three lines receive that repression, the
upper three exercise it. The accumulation to which all tends is that of
virtue; and hence the name of Ta Khu, 'the Great Accumulation'.
What the Thwan teaches, is that he who goes about to accumulate his
virtue must be firm and correct, and may then, engaging in the public
service, enjoy the king's grace, and undertake the most difficult enterprises.