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☯️ 泰 (Tài) - Peace

Peace. The small departs, the great approaches. Good fortune. Success. - Heaven and earth unite: the image of Peace. Thus the ruler divides and completes the course of heaven and earth, furthering and regulating the gifts of heaven and earth, and so aids the people.

Verses: 7

Verses

Verse 1

泰,小往大來,吉亨

tài, xiǎo wǎng dà lái, jí hēng

Peace. The small departs, the great approaches. Good fortune. Success.

Verse 2

初九:拔茅茹,以其彙,征吉

chū jiǔ: bá máo rú, yǐ qí huì, zhēng jí

Nine at the beginning: When ribbon grass is pulled up, the sod comes with it. Each according to his kind. Undertakings bring good fortune.

Verse 3

九二:包荒,用馮河

jiǔ èr: bāo huāng, yòng píng hé

Nine in the second place: Bearing with the uncultured in gentleness, fording the river with resolution, not neglecting what is distant, not regarding one's companions: thus one may manage to walk in the middle.

Verse 4

九三:無平不陂,無往不復

jiǔ sān: wú píng bù bēi, wú wǎng bù fù

Nine in the third place: No plain not followed by a slope. No going not followed by a return. He who remains persevering in danger is without blame.

Verse 5

六四:翩翩不富以其鄰

liù sì: piān piān bù fù yǐ qí lín

Six in the fourth place: He flutters down, not boasting of his wealth, together with his neighbor, guileless and sincere.

Verse 6

六五:帝乙歸妹,以祉元吉

liù wǔ: dì yǐ guī mèi, yǐ zhǐ yuán jí

Six in the fifth place: The sovereign I gives his daughter in marriage. This brings blessing and supreme good fortune.

Verse 7

上六:城復于隍

shàng liù: chéng fù yú huáng

Six at the top: The wall falls back into the moat. Use no army now. Make your commands known within your own town. Perseverance brings humiliation.