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.