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大壯
Dà Zhuàng

大壯 利貞。

The power of the great.   Perseverance furthers.

初九   9 at the start

壯于趾。征凶有孚。

Power in the toes.  Continuing brings misfortune.  This is certainly true.

九二   9 in the 2nd

貞吉。

Perseverance brings good fortune.

九三   9 in the 3rd

小人用壯。君子用罔。貞厲。羝羊觸藩。羸其角。

The inferior man works through power.  The superior man does not act thus.  To continue is dangerous.  A goat butts against a hedge and gets its horns entangled.

九四   9 in the 4th

貞吉。悔亡。藩決不羸。壯于大輿之輹。

Perseverance brings good fortune.  Remorse disappears.  The hedge opens; there is no entanglement.  Power depends upon the axle of a big cart.

六五   6 in the 5th

喪羊于易。无悔。

Loses the goat with ease.  No remorse.

上六   6 at the top

羝羊觸藩。不能退。不能遂。无攸利。艱則吉。

A goat butts against a hedge.  It cannot go backward, it cannot go forward.  Nothing serves to further.   If one notes the difficulty, this brings good fortune.