Hexagram 62 · ䷽
Preponderance of the Small. Success. Perseverance furthers. Small things may be done; great things should not be done. The flying bird brings the message: it is...
Judgment
Preponderance of the Small. Success. Perseverance furthers. Small things may be done; great things should not be done. The flying bird brings the message: it is not well to strive...
Image
Thunder on the mountain represents Preponderance of the Small. The noble person exceeds in reverence in conduct, in sorrow in mourning, and in thrift in expenditures.
Lines
The bird meets with misfortune through flying. She passes by her ancestor and meets her ancestress. He does not reach his prince and meets the official. No blame. If one is not ext...
Preponderance of the Small. Success. Perseverance furthers. Small things may be done; great things should not be done. The flying bird brings the message: it is not well to strive upward, it is well to remain below. Great good fortune.
Preponderance of the Small. Success. Perseverance furthers. Small things may be done; great things should not be done. The flying bird brings the message: it is not well to strive upward, it is well to remain below. Great good fortune.
Preponderance of the Small: the small passes and attains success. To act at the right time is advantageous for perseverance. The yielding attains the middle, hence good fortune in small matters. The hard is not in its place and does not attain the middle; hence great things should not be done. There is the image of a flying bird in it. The flying bird brings the message: it is not well to strive upward, it is well to remain below. Great good fortune: striving upward is rebellion, remaining below is devotion.
Preponderance of the Small means the small exceeds and thus succeeds. Excess joined to perseverance accords with the time. The yielding attains the middle, so small matters are fortunate. The hard loses its place and is not centered, so great matters should not be undertaken. It bears the image of a flying bird: its message is that it is not fitting to go upward but fitting to stay below. Great good fortune.
Thunder on the mountain: the image of Preponderance of the Small. The noble person in his conduct exceeds in reverence, in mourning exceeds in sorrow, and in his expenditures exceeds in thrift.
Thunder on the mountain represents Preponderance of the Small. The noble person exceeds in reverence in conduct, in sorrow in mourning, and in thrift in expenditures.
The bird meets with misfortune through flying.
The bird meets with misfortune through flying.
Small Image
The bird meets with misfortune through flying: nothing is to be done.
Bird meeting misfortune through flying means nothing is to be done.
She passes by her ancestor and meets her ancestress. He does not reach his prince and meets the official. No blame.
She passes by her ancestor and meets her ancestress. He does not reach his prince and meets the official. No blame.
Small Image
He does not reach his prince: a subject must not pass his ruler.
Not reaching prince means subject must not pass ruler.
If one is not extremely careful, some will be humiliated and find themselves despised. Misfortune.
If one is not extremely careful, some will be humiliated and find themselves despised. Misfortune.
Small Image
If one is not extremely careful: how could anyone humiliate him?
Not being extremely careful means how could anyone humiliate him?
No blame. He meets him without passing. Going brings danger. One must be on guard. Do not act. Be constantly persevering.
No blame. He meets him without passing. Going brings danger. One must be on guard. Do not act. Be constantly persevering.
Small Image
Going brings danger: one must be on guard. One must not act for long.
Going bringing danger means must be on guard. Must not act for long.
Dense clouds, no rain from our western border. The prince shoots and hits him who is in the cave.
Dense clouds, no rain from our western border. The prince shoots and hits him who is in the cave.
Small Image
Dense clouds, no rain: he has already mounted upward.
Dense clouds, no rain means he has already mounted upward.
He does not meet him and passes him by. The flying bird leaves him. Misfortune. This means injury and humiliation.
He does not meet him and passes him by. The flying bird leaves him. Misfortune. This means injury and humiliation.
Small Image
He does not meet him and passes him by: he has already mounted to the height.
Not meeting and passing by means he has already mounted to the height.
What does Hsiao Kuo / Preponderance of the Small mean in the I Ching?
Preponderance of the Small. Success. Perseverance furthers. Small things may be done; great things should not be done. The flying bird brings the message: it is...
How should I study Hexagram 62 on this page?
Start with the judgment and image, then read the line statements in sequence. The bird meets with misfortune through flying. She passes by her ancestor and meets her ancestress. He does not reach his prince and meets the official. No blame. If one is not ext...
How can this hexagram be applied in a modern reading?
Preponderance of the Small means the small exceeds and thus succeeds. Excess joined to perseverance accords with the time. The yielding attains the middle, so small matters are fortunate. The hard loses its place and is...
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