Six Doors · No. 14
第14卦 大有 Dà Yǒu · Great Possession
Essence: Great holdings; abundance ruled by clarity and grace.
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Judgment
Resources, recognition, and reach arrive together—this is abundance across the board. The real test is in the holding: govern wealth with clarity and distribute it with grace. Great possession is not a finish line; it is the start of larger obligations.
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Trigrams
Upper
离 Fire
Lower
乾 Heaven
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The lines
- Line 1Wealth so new draws no envy yet; stay clear of harmful entanglements and keep the memory of hardship close.
- Line 2Like a heavy wagon built for loads, your capacity can carry real responsibility any distance.
- Line 3Offering your abundance up to the common good takes a breadth the small-minded simply do not have.
- Line 4Standing next to great power, keep your own display modest, and you stay beyond reproach.
- Line 5Sincerity that invites sincerity, carried with just enough dignity to keep it from being presumed upon—fortunate.
- Line 6Abundance held with reverence draws protection from the very source of things—nothing stands against it.
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All the doors
Every single-step transition available from where you stand.
- Line 150 鼎 · The Cauldron
Cook the new order; nourish those who will carry it.
- Line 230 离 · The Clinging
Fire lives by what it clings to; choose your fuel.
- Line 338 睽 · Opposition
Estranged yet related; work the small common ground.
- Line 426 大畜 · Great Taming
Great power held in check; stored force deepens into skill.
- Line 51 乾 · The Creative
Creative power at full flow; act, and keep acting.
- Line 634 大壮 · Great Power
Strength peaks; only right use keeps it from turning on you.
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