[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":565},["ShallowReactive",2],{"yijing-article-en-yi_increase":3,"yijing-articles-list-en":252},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":237,"date":238,"description":239,"extension":240,"image":6,"imageAlt":6,"meta":241,"navigation":242,"order":243,"palaces":6,"path":244,"seo":245,"series":6,"sitemap":246,"star":6,"stem":247,"tags":248,"__hash__":251},"content\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fyi_increase.md","I Ching Yi (Increase) Meaning: Hexagram 42",null,{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":225},"minimark",[10,14,17,22,30,36,39,45,48,52,55,58,61,64,67,70,74,77,80,83,86,90,97,103,109,115,121,124,128,131,134,144,147,150,153,177,181,186,189,194,197,202,205,210,217],[11,12,13],"p",{},"After Sun 損 comes Yi 益. Students drawing Yi light up: finally it is my turn to receive. This hexagram does have receiving. What it receives is taken from above and given below. If you stand above, Yi is first that you give. If you stand below, it looks more like being helped. If the place is not asked clearly, Yi is read as greed.",[11,15,16],{},"The picture is Wind over Thunder, Xun above Zhen. Thunder below — movement; wind above — entering, spreading with the current. Thunder moves below, wind travels above: the matter can go in, can grow. Many people write it as Heng 恆, Thunder over Wind. Heng is Zhen above Xun: thunder over wind, duration, keeping the constant. Reverse above and below and when you should do great work you go to talk Heng, and the window closes.",[18,19,21],"h2",{"id":20},"yi-decrease-without-cease-must-increase","Yi: decrease without cease must increase",[11,23,24,25,29],{},"The ",[26,27,28],"em",{},"Xu Gua"," says: 「損而不已必益，故受之以益。」 Decrease without cease must increase, so Yi follows. Decrease to a point, and it turns to adding. Not the cosmos compensating you for having cried. A structure cannot only draw and never fill. Draw Yi: the matter you asked about is in a stage when you can add, help, walk outward.",[11,31,24,32,35],{},[26,33,34],{},"Tuan"," says: 「益，損上益下，民說無疆。自上下下，其道大光。」 Decrease above, increase below; the people are pleased without bound. From above going down to those below, the way is greatly bright. This is Sun flipped. Sun’s way goes upward; Yi’s way is greatly bright, because light shines down from above. If you are a boss, an elder, someone with resources in hand, and you draw Yi, the homework is dividing downward — not packing more into your own pocket.",[11,37,38],{},"The judgment is blunt: 「利有攸往，利涉大川。」 Beneficial to go somewhere; beneficial to cross a great stream. In Sun you mostly decrease. In Yi the road is open. Expanding, helping people, moving, great work: all inside the topic.",[11,40,24,41,44],{},[26,42,43],{},"Xiang"," says: 「風雷，益。君子以見善則遷，有過則改。」 Wind and thunder, Yi. The superior person, seeing the good, moves toward it; having a fault, corrects it. The method of increasing yourself is not waiting for someone else to send money. See the good and move; have a fault and change. Wind and thunder are both movement, both fast. Yi also hates delay.",[11,46,47],{},"Tai 泰 speaks of opening, then doing the work. Yi says more clearly: opened, having, divide downward. The spirit is close. Tai stresses exchange; Yi stresses giving.",[18,49,51],{"id":50},"career-and-wealth-you-can-do-something-large-do-not-do-it-full-to-the-upper-nine","Career and wealth: you can do something large — do not do it full to the upper nine",[11,53,54],{},"Ask about career and draw Yi: it suits pushing. The initial nine: 「利用為大作，元吉，無咎。」 Beneficial to use for great work; great fortune, no blame. Great work is truly starting something large: opening a line, going on the road, making a plan from paper into a site. Great fortune — provided this great work increases those below, not only your own name card.",[11,56,57],{},"Six in the fourth: 「中行，告公從，利用為依遷國。」 Walking the center, telling the duke and being followed; beneficial to use as a support for moving a state. Moving is not that everyone must move house today. The structure can move: a base, a system, whom you bind to. Draw six in the fourth: large matters must be reported, must have a public name. Do not move in private.",[11,59,60],{},"In wealth, Yi looks like wind sending thunder’s force outward. Accounts that should come in, help that should come, people that should be added: more likely to arrive. You can invest, add a stake, and still ask: this increase, in the end, increases whom. Increase only yourself, not a drop of soup below, and the people will not be pleased, the way will not be bright.",[11,62,63],{},"Six in the third: 「益之用凶事，無咎。」 Increase used on a disastrous matter: no blame. Rescue, filling a hole, helping someone through a gate: this line is the most correct. Take increase to gild what is already fine, to hold up a scene: less like six in the third. Ask “should this money go to an emergency”: Yi often says it should.",[11,65,66],{},"Nine in the fifth: 「有孚惠心，勿問元吉。有孚惠我德。」 There is sincerity, a generous heart; do not ask — great fortune. There is sincerity that benefits my virtue. A leader drawing nine in the fifth is Yi’s place that most looks like “you can give.” When you give, do not ask too calculatingly. The hexagram itself says do not ask. Calculate every return, and the kindness thins.",[11,68,69],{},"Ask about exams, study, moving, whether to accept a grant: Yi often appears. Beneficial to cross a great stream: you can truly cross the river you used to fear. Fear remains. Crossing in Yi is cheaper than crossing in Sun. The premise of cheap still is: this crossing makes those below a little better — not only your résumé.",[18,71,73],{"id":72},"yi-in-love-help-the-other-person-not-feed-laziness-not-only-allow-yourself-to-be-cared-for","Yi in love: help the other person — not feed laziness, not only allow yourself to be cared for",[11,75,76],{},"Ask about love and draw Yi: there is qi of adding forward in the bond. It suits helping, putting resources out, pushing the relationship toward a more public, more walkable road. If you are single, you more easily meet someone willing to complete you, or you are in a place to complete someone else.",[11,78,79],{},"If you are already together, Yi is holding each other up from below — not one side as an ATM. Decrease above to increase below: if you are forever above and the other forever below, the stretch becomes one-way transfusion. Transfuse too long, and the upper nine is near.",[11,81,82],{},"Upper nine: 「莫益之，或擊之，立心勿恆，凶。」 No one increases you further; someone may strike you. The heart is not constant: unfortunate. The upper nine in love is common: you have been helped a great deal, still feel it is not enough, still want the other to increase, to prove again. At this step, increase flips into striking. Not that the other person suddenly turned bad. You treated increase as a tax due.",[11,84,85],{},"So Yi is not unconditionally good. Ask about marrying, living together, whether to resign and move for the other: Yi can support “beneficial to go somewhere.” You still look at which line. The initial nine’s great work can. The upper nine wanting more: unfortunate.",[18,87,89],{"id":88},"the-lines-of-yi-fortune-in-being-able-to-give-and-move-misfortune-in-still-wanting","The lines of Yi: fortune in being able to give and move; misfortune in still wanting",[11,91,92,96],{},[93,94,95],"strong",{},"Initial nine: 利用為大作，元吉，無咎."," Even a lower place can do something large, because the whole hexagram’s qi is increasing below. Someone asks: I am still small, still new — can I open this? The initial nine says you can, and it must be great work, not a furtive little bit.",[11,98,99,102],{},[93,100,101],{},"Six in the second: 或益之十朋之龜，弗克違，永貞吉."," Almost the same sentence as Sun’s six in the fifth, plus lasting persistence. Treasure arrives, you cannot refuse: persist long in what is correct, fortunate. Sudden help, a sudden patron, sudden money: draw six in the second, receive it, and keep it by a correct method. Do not take it to gamble the next round.",[11,104,105,108],{},[93,106,107],{},"Six in the third: 益之用凶事，無咎."," Put increase on disaster and difficulty. Ask about charity, helping kin through a gate, whether to rescue the scene first: this line is the most on topic.",[11,110,111,114],{},[93,112,113],{},"Six in the fourth: 中行告公從，利用為依遷國."," Public, walking the center, having support. Moving a state is a large move, not a private preference. A career turn, a move, a change of camp: there must be a public that can be followed.",[11,116,117,120],{},[93,118,119],{},"Nine in the fifth: 有孚惠心，勿問元吉."," Giving in position. Ask “I am good to others — do they know”: nine in the fifth says benefit first; do not put asking in front of benefiting.",[11,122,123],{},"The upper nine as above. Increase to the end and still want: you will be struck. The heart without constancy: today this, tomorrow that. Draw the upper nine: stop reaching out. Check whether you have treated help as a habit.",[18,125,127],{"id":126},"in-class-i-teach-yi-against-sun","In class I teach Yi against Sun",[11,129,130],{},"Sun decreases below to complete above. Yi decreases above to complete below. The same person may be in Sun this season, Yi the next. You will not forever be the one drawn from, nor forever the one fed.",[11,132,133],{},"I have students answer only two questions:",[135,136,137,141],"ol",{},[138,139,140],"li",{},"Am I now above or below? Above: prepare to give. Below: you may receive, and after receiving you must do great work — not lie waiting for the next ten-peng tortoise.",[138,142,143],{},"Will this increase shine? If it only enters your pocket, the people are not pleased, the way is not bright. Bright means those below truly improved a length.",[11,145,146],{},"See the good and move; have a fault and change: increasing yourself. Wait for wind to blow benefits in, and do not change a fault, and the wind will also stop.",[11,148,149],{},"Great work, moving a state, crossing a great stream: all movement. Yi hates lying down to collect. People below who receive increase should use it to do something real, large, that can be passed down again. Take a ten-peng tortoise to the next gamble: not lasting persistence. Receive kindness and feed the heart greedier: the upper nine is waiting ahead.",[11,151,152],{},"When you give, also see whether the below is truly below. Feeding laziness, feeding a handle, feeding someone who forever needs you: it looks like Yi; walked long, it is the seed of striking. Decrease above to increase below: those below must be able to stand because of it. 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The initial nine can open; nine in the fifth can give; the upper nine should stop the hand.",[11,198,199],{},[93,200,201],{},"Someone suddenly helps me, gives me something: is that six in the second’s ten-peng tortoise?",[11,203,204],{},"It may be. You cannot refuse: not that you should not ask the source. Lasting persistence: after receiving, the use must be correct. Unclear source, asking you to trade the person for it: do not rush to call it great fortune.",[11,206,207],{},[93,208,209],{},"Original Yi, resulting Guai: why do some people say be careful?",[11,211,212,213,176],{},"Increase without cease must break. Add to fullness, and the next step is deciding, cutting. You can begin to prepare a break, a clearing. You need not, in Yi, open every door to the widest. 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Then they start reading: breakup, resign, things to throw away.",{},{"path":422,"title":423,"description":424,"meta":425},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Flin","I Ching Lin Meaning: Hexagram 19 Explained","Draw Lin 臨 and students easily hear: a patron has come, opportunity has come, those above will lift me. Compare the image, judgment, and changing lines.",{},{"path":427,"title":428,"description":429,"meta":430},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Flv","I Ching Lü Meaning: Hexagram 10 Explained","Draw Lü 履 and students often hear two things. One: Lü is shoes, I will go charge. The other: there is a tiger ahead, I will do nothing.",{},{"path":432,"title":433,"description":434,"meta":435},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Flv_wanderer","I Ching Lü (Wanderer) Meaning: Hexagram 56","Lü (Wanderer) 旅 appears, and a person is usually not on their own kang. Use it to interpret an online hexagram reading. Read the lines for the next move.",{},{"path":437,"title":438,"description":439,"meta":440},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fmeng","I Ching Meng Meaning: Hexagram 4 Explained","Draw Meng 蒙 and students love to hear two sentences. One: I am stupid. The other: I am not ready, so I should learn nothing.",{},{"path":442,"title":443,"description":444,"meta":445},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fmingyi","I Ching Ming Yi Meaning: Hexagram 36","Draw Ming Yi 明夷 and the room often goes quiet for half a second. Not to paint darkness. The picture is very straight: light has been buried.",{},{"path":447,"title":448,"description":449,"meta":450},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fpi","I Ching Pi Meaning: Hexagram 12 Explained","Draw Pi 否 and class often goes quiet for half a second. Not to paint tragedy. Because this hexagram is straight: not open.",{},{"path":452,"title":453,"description":454,"meta":455},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fqian","I Ching Qian Meaning: Hexagram 1 Explained","Draw Qian 乾 and the first sentence people say is: great luck, go for it. Compare the image, judgment, and changing lines.",{},{"path":174,"title":457,"description":458,"meta":459},"I Ching Qian (Modesty) Meaning: Hexagram 15","Among the sixty-four hexagrams, the one that truly deserves “every line still gets through” is Qian (Modesty) 謙, the most famous.",{},{"path":461,"title":462,"description":463,"meta":464},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fsheng","I Ching Sheng Meaning: Hexagram 46 Explained","Cui 萃 is gathering. Gathered, things go up. Going up is Sheng 升. Students drawing Sheng easily hear promotion, a flying dragon. Too early.",{},{"path":466,"title":467,"description":468,"meta":469},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fshi","I Ching Shi Meaning: Hexagram 7 Explained","Draw Shi 師 and students often hear it as war, as unlucky, as “who do I have to fight.” Shi does have the image of troops.",{},{"path":471,"title":472,"description":473,"meta":474},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fshihe","I Ching Shi He Meaning: Hexagram 21","Draw Shi He 噬嗑 and some think it is a hexagram of eating, some a hexagram of quarreling. Both touch it; both are not accurate.",{},{"path":476,"title":477,"description":478,"meta":479},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fsong","I Ching Song Meaning: Hexagram 6 Explained","Draw Song 訟 and some people are excited: at last I can get justice. Some are afraid: am I going to court. Both feelings are too full.",{},{"path":481,"title":482,"description":483,"meta":484},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fsui","I Ching Sui Meaning: Hexagram 17 Explained","Draw Sui 隨 and students often take it as: following along is right, go with the flow, go with fate. Compare the image, judgment, and changing lines.",{},{"path":159,"title":486,"description":487,"meta":488},"I Ching Sun Meaning: Hexagram 41 Explained","Hear Sun 損 and students wrinkle the face. The character looks like taking a loss, broken wealth, being shaved. Apply the lines to love, career, and decisions.",{},{"path":169,"title":490,"description":491,"meta":492},"I Ching Tai Meaning: Hexagram 11 Explained","Tai 泰 is the hexagram in a reading that lets people exhale. Not because it is mysterious. Because the picture is clear: Earth above, Heaven below — Peace.",{},{"path":494,"title":495,"description":496,"meta":497},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Ftongren","I Ching Tong Ren Meaning: Hexagram 13","Draw Tong Ren 同人 and students often automatically translate: there is a patron, there are partners, this time we can do it together.",{},{"path":499,"title":500,"description":501,"meta":502},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fweiji","I Ching Wei Ji Meaning: Hexagram 64","Wei Ji 未濟 is the last of the sixty-four hexagrams. Fire above, water below: Fire over Water, Wei Ji. Apply the lines to love, career, and decisions.",{},{"path":504,"title":505,"description":506,"meta":507},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fwuwang","I Ching Wu Wang Meaning: Hexagram 25","Draw Wu Wang 無妄 and students often split in two camps. Use it to interpret an online hexagram reading. Learn the key context before applying it.",{},{"path":509,"title":510,"description":511,"meta":512},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fxian","I Ching Xian Meaning: Hexagram 31 Explained","Draw Xian 咸 and in class someone’s eyes often light: love is coming. Compare the image, judgment, and changing lines. Learn the key context before applying it.",{},{"path":514,"title":515,"description":516,"meta":517},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fxiaoguo","I Ching Xiao Guo Meaning: Hexagram 62","Xiao Guo 小過 is not as simple as a small fault, and still less “the sin is small, it does not matter.” Guo 過 is going beyond, slightly past the usual line.",{},{"path":519,"title":520,"description":521,"meta":522},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fxiaoxu","I Ching Xiao Xu Meaning: Hexagram 9","Draw Xiao Xu 小畜 and students often have two kinds of haste. One: store means save, I will save hugely and do something huge.",{},{"path":524,"title":525,"description":526,"meta":527},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fxie","I Ching Xie Meaning: Hexagram 40 Explained","Jian 蹇 is difficulty. Xie 解 is difficulty beginning to loosen. Students drawing Xie easily breathe out, as if they can celebrate. Too early.",{},{"path":529,"title":530,"description":531,"meta":532},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fxu","I Ching Xu Meaning: Hexagram 5 Explained","Draw Xu 需 and students most often hear “wait” as two extremes. One: then I lie down and wait for luck. Apply the lines to love, career, and decisions.",{},{"path":534,"title":535,"description":536,"meta":537},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fxun","I Ching Xun Meaning: Hexagram 57 Explained","Xun 巽 does not sound like Qian 乾, with force at the first hearing. It is wind, entering, going in through a crack. Learn the key context before applying it.",{},{"path":539,"title":540,"description":541,"meta":542},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fyi","I Ching Yi (Nourishment) Meaning: Hexagram 27","Draw Yi (Nourishment) 頤 and students often first think of the mouth. What to eat, can I lose weight, does this job feed me. The mouth is not wrong.",{},{"path":244,"title":5,"description":239,"meta":544},{},{"path":546,"title":547,"description":548,"meta":549},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fyu","I Ching Yu Meaning: Hexagram 16 Explained","Draw Yu 豫 and a student’s face lights. Yu is joy, smoothness, the matter finally going smoothly, a chance to breathe. Learn the key context before applying it.",{},{"path":551,"title":552,"description":553,"meta":554},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fzhen","I Ching Zhen Meaning: Hexagram 51 Explained","Zhen 震 appears, and the matter is rarely still. It is thunder, movement, that sudden strike. Compare the image, judgment, and changing lines.",{},{"path":556,"title":557,"description":558,"meta":559},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fzhongfu","I Ching Zhong Fu Meaning: Hexagram 61","Zhong Fu 中孚, split, is easy: in the middle there is fu 孚. Fu is trust, something like an egg, inside and outside one, that can hatch.",{},{"path":561,"title":562,"description":563,"meta":564},"\u002Fen\u002Fyijing\u002Farticles\u002Fzhun","I Ching Zhun Meaning: Hexagram 3 Explained","Students who draw Zhun 屯 often react in one of two ways: it is over, I cannot start — or beginnings are hard, so I will do it another day.",{},1787715771637]