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易 · #26

大畜

Great Taming

Hexagram 26

Hexagram 26 Great Taming (大畜)

Upper

艮Mountain山

Lower

乾Heaven天

Meaning · modern paraphrase

Great taming; cultivate within, build strength outside.

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Related hexagrams

Opposite (錯卦)萃Gathering Together

Inverted (綜卦)無妄Innocence

Same upper trigram

蒙Youthful Folly 蠱Work on the Decayed 賁Grace 剝Splitting Apart 頤Nourishment 損Decrease 艮Keeping Still

Same lower trigram

乾The Creative 需Waiting 小畜Small Taming 泰Peace 大有Great Possession 大壯Great Power 夬Breakthrough

The I Ching is a traditional divination classic, for reflection and reference.