Tai · Peace

Judgment

小往大来，吉亨。

The small departs, the great arrives. Good fortune and success.

The Chinese above is the received classical text. The English below it is a plain-language rendering written for this site — not a scholarly translation. The classical wording is terse and genuinely open to more than one reading, so where interpretations diverge we follow the mainstream one.

The Image (Da Xiang)

天地交，泰，后以财成天地之道，辅相天地之宜，以左右民。

天地之气相交流通，这是泰卦，万事通泰和畜的卦象，象征应当顺应天地之道来辅助、造福于民。

The Six Lines

• First line拔茅茹，以其汇，征吉。初九 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.
• Second line包荒，用冯河，不遐遗，朋亡，得尚于中行。九二 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.
• Third line无平不陂，无往不复，艰贞无咎；勿恤其孚，于食有福。九三 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.
• Fourth line翩翩不富，以其邻，不戒以孚。六四 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.
• Fifth line帝乙归妹，以祉元吉。六五 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.
• Top line城复于隍，勿用师。自邑告命，贞吝。上六 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.

Modern Interpretive Reference

Quality: Very Auspicious

Tendency: Harmony and flow; conditions are aligned and open.

Guidance: A genuinely favourable period. Use it well and prepare for the turn that follows.

This section is editorial reflection written for this site, not classical commentary. Hexagram qualities are not fixed outcomes — context and response matter more than the label. For cultural reflection only; not a basis for any decision.