Hexagram 26 of 64
大畜 dà chù
Great Accumulation
艮 (gèn, Mountain) above · 乾 (qián, Heaven) below
The Judgment 卦辞
Great strength held and stored — not blocked, but cultivated. Deepen your knowledge, restrain your raw power, and you will cross great rivers later.
The Image 大象
Heaven within the mountain: great accumulation. The wise person remembers the words and deeds of the past, to strengthen their learning.
The six lines 爻辞
Each line of 大畜 has its own classical text. If a line in your cast is changing, its text is the heart of your reading.
Line 1 · 初九
Danger ahead — better to stop. Restraint is the strength here.
「有厉利已」
Line 2 · 九二
The cart drops its axle straps. Pause the journey; something must be repaired before you carry more.
「舆说輹」
Line 3 · 九三
Fine horses in pursuit — hard going, but keep training daily. Skill kept sharp makes the advance safe.
「良马逐，利艰贞。日闲舆卫，利有攸往」
Line 4 · 六四
A wooden yoke on the young calf — correct it before the habit grows horns. Supreme good fortune.
「童牛之牿，元吉」
Line 5 · 六五
The tusked boar castrated — the danger gentled at its root. Good fortune.
「豮豕之牙，吉」
Line 6 · 上九
The highway that carries heaven's traffic — open sky in every direction. Flow.
「何天之衢，亨」
If you drew this in a reading
A favorable pattern. Among the sixty-four patterns, this one belongs to the favorable family: its core movement supports what you would do with it. Favorable does not mean automatic — the hexagram still asks you to hold up your end with steadiness and good faith.
In yes/no questions this hexagram leans yes — the pattern supports proceeding.
The trigrams give the flavor: 艮 (Mountain) above — keeping still — restraint, meditation, knowing when to stop — over 乾 (Heaven) below — creative force — initiative, clarity, persistence. Where those two energies meet, 大畜 is born.
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