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泰 11 · Tài · Peace
Earth over Heaven — upper Kūn 坤 (receptive, yielding, nourishing); lower Qián 乾 (creative, strong, initiating)
Hexagram 11, Peace (Tài, 泰), is Earth over Heaven. Heaven below, earth above: the two mingle. Harmony, flourishing, the season of growth.
The situation
Heaven below, earth above: the two mingle. Harmony, flourishing, the season of growth.
The counsel
Share the abundance and stay humble within ease. Peace is maintained, not possessed.
The six lines
Line 1 — Pull up one grass and its roots come with it. Act together with your kind.
Line 2 — Bear with the uncultivated; include the distant; avoid factions.
Line 3 — No plain without a slope. Stay aware even in prosperity.
Line 4 — Come down among neighbours without pretence; trust openly.
Line 5 — The emperor gives his daughter in marriage. Humble union brings blessing.
Line 6 — The wall falls back into the moat. The cycle turns; do not force it.