Hexagram 28
Overload
大過 · dà guò
- Upper trigram
- 兌 · lake
- Lower trigram
- 巽 · wind
Judgement
大過：棟橈，利有攸往，亨。
Tâ Kwo suggests to us a beam that is weak. There will be advantage in moving (under its conditions) in any direction whatever; there will be success.
James Legge, 1882
Lines · bottom to top
- Line 1 初六
初六：藉用白茅，无咎。
The first line, divided, shows one placing mats of the white mao grass under things set on the ground. There will be no error.
- Line 2 九二
九二：枯楊生稊，老夫得其女妻，无不利。
The second line, undivided, shows a decayed willow producing shoots, or an old husband in possession of his young wife. There will be advantage in every way.
- Line 3 九三
九三：棟橈，凶。
The third line, undivided, shows a beam that is weak. There will be evil.
- Line 4 九四
九四：棟隆，吉；有它吝。
The fourth line, undivided, shows a beam curving upwards. There will be good fortune. If (the subject of it) looks for other (help but that of line one), there will be cause for regret.
- Line 5 九五
九五：枯楊生華，老婦得其士夫，无咎无譽。
The fifth line, undivided, shows a decayed willow producing flowers, or an old wife in possession of her young husband. There will be occasion neither for blame nor for praise.
- Line 6 上六
上六：過涉滅頂，凶，无咎。
The topmost line, divided, shows its subject with extraordinary (boldness) wading through a stream, till the water hides the crown of his head. There will be evil, but no ground for blame.