Da Guo · Preponderance of the Great

Judgment

栋桡，利有攸往，亨。

The ridgepole sags. It is favourable to have somewhere to go. 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)

泽灭木，大过，君子以独立不惧，遁世无闷。

泽水淹没了树木，这是大过卦，非常时期、超乎常态的卦象，君子应当独立不惧，即使隐退避世也无怨无闷。

The Six Lines

• First line藉用白茅，无咎。初六 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.
• Second line枯杨生稊，老夫得其女妻，无不利。九二 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.
• Third line栋桡，凶。九三 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.
• Fourth line栋隆，吉；有它吝。九四 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.
• Fifth line枯杨生华，老妇得其士夫，无咎无誉。九五 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.
• Top line过涉灭顶，凶，无咎。上六 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.

Modern Interpretive Reference

Quality: Challenging

Tendency: Excess weight on a structure not built to hold it.

Guidance: Extraordinary times call for decisive action. Take responsibility and act.

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.