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易 · #42

益

Increase

Hexagram 42

Hexagram 42 Increase (益)

Upper

巽Wind風

Lower

震Thunder雷

Meaning · modern paraphrase

Increase; flow from above to below — action is fortunate.

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Related hexagrams

Opposite (錯卦)恆Duration

Inverted (綜卦)損Decrease

Same upper trigram

小畜Small Taming 觀Contemplation 家人The Family 漸Development 巽The Gentle 渙Dispersion 中孚Inner Truth

Same lower trigram

屯Difficulty at the Beginning 隨Following 噬嗑Biting Through 復Return 無妄Innocence 頤Nourishment 震The Arousing

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