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大過 28 · Dà Guò · Great Excess
Lake over Wind / Wood — upper Duì 兌 (joyous, open, exchanging); lower Xùn 巽 (gentle, penetrating, gradual)
Hexagram 28, Great Excess (Dà Guò, 大過), is Lake over Wind / Wood. Lake over wood. The ridgepole sags: too much weight on a weak structure.
The situation
Lake over wood. The ridgepole sags: too much weight on a weak structure.
The counsel
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary but careful measures. Find somewhere to move.
The six lines
Line 1 — Spread white rushes underneath. Care at the start.
Line 2 — A dry poplar sprouts; an old man takes a young wife. Unusual renewal.
Line 3 — The ridgepole sags to breaking. Misfortune.
Line 4 — The ridgepole is braced. Good; ulterior motives shame.
Line 5 — A dry poplar flowers; an old woman takes a young husband. Nothing lasting.
Line 6 — Wading through with water over the head. Misfortune, but no blame.