Six Doors · No. 42
第42卦 益 Yì · Increase
Essence: Those above give, and everything below grows.
Judgment
Those above are willing to give ground, those below are being nourished, and the whole system rides a rising current. Windows like this are rare and do not stay open—it is precisely the moment to launch the big project and cross the difficult passage. Act decisively, and share the gains downward as you go.
Trigrams
Upper
Lower
The lines
- Line 1The backing you have received is ample—use it for a genuinely great undertaking.
- Line 2Help arrives that cannot be turned away; only sustained integrity makes you fit to hold it.
- Line 3Even adversity becomes enriching when you stay centered and your good faith is plain to see.
- Line 4As the trusted intermediary whose counsel is followed, you can be relied on even for something as weighty as moving the capital.
- Line 5A kind heart backed by real sincerity—no one needs to ask whether that ends well, and the kindness comes back in kind.
- Line 6The one who takes without giving finds no one adds to him—someone strikes at him instead, for a heart without constancy invites misfortune.
All the doors
Every single-step transition available from where you stand.
- Line 120 观 · Contemplation
Hands washed, offering withheld; seeing comes first.
- Line 261 中孚 · Inner Truth
Truth from the center reaches even the unreachable.
- Line 337 家人 · The Family
Order begins at home, with each in a rightful place.
- Line 425 无妄 · Innocence
Move without scheming; innocence is its own road.
- Line 527 颐 · Nourishment
Watch what you feed, and what you let feed you.
- Line 63 屯 · Difficulty at the Beginning
Birth pangs of a venture; gather help and build order.