易經 · I Ching · #26
䷙
Da Xu · Great Accumulating · Great Taming
大畜
Great Taming — one of the sixty-four archetypal situations in the Book of Changes.
The Judgment
Holding back and building up great strength is promising. Seek work beyond your own household.
The Image
Heaven inside the mountain, so the wise person studies the sayings of the past to strengthen character.
How to use it
Gather knowledge and strength. Restraint now makes you capable later.
Structure
Six lines: 艮 Mountain (Gen) above and 乾 Heaven (Qian) below. Lines are read from the bottom up.
Related hexagrams
- ䷬ 45. Clustering · Gathering Together — Opposite: every line reversed
- ䷘ 25. Without Embroiling · Innocence — Reversed: the same lines turned upside down
- ䷵ 54. Converting the Maiden · The Marrying Maiden — Inner (nuclear): the hidden structure formed by lines 2 to 5
Each BaZi pillar maps to a hexagram through its stem and branch. Coin casting uses a different method — both are valid paths into the Book of Changes. The I Ching is a traditional wisdom text. It describes the character of a moment, not a fixed outcome.