The 64 Hexagrams

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Great Resources

Upper trigram: Fire · Lower trigram: Heaven

Judgment

Great resources create responsibility for their use and distribution.

Image

Fire above Heaven; from bottom to top: yang, yang, yang, yang, yin, yang.

Judge capacity and purpose before admiring the size of the holdings.

Six lines and their changes

  1. 1 / 6

    Before harmful entanglement begins, keep resources clear of it.

    Move this line → The Vessel of Renewal
  2. 2 / 6

    A strong cart carries the load; capacity must match responsibility.

    Move this line → Light and Its Support
  3. 3 / 6

    Offer resources for a larger purpose rather than private advantage.

    Move this line → Different Directions
  4. 4 / 6

    Avoid ostentatious display of abundance.

    Move this line → Strength Held in Reserve
  5. 5 / 6

    Trust and dignity together keep openness from losing boundaries.

    Move this line → Heaven in Motion
  6. 6 / 6

    The image of assistance acknowledges that abundance is not solitary achievement.

    Move this line → Strength with Limits

Library links use the structural middle-four transform. Meihua casting applies its separate Heaven/Earth exception to a moving figure.

Great Resources · Upper trigram / Lower trigram?

Fire / Heaven. Fire above Heaven; from bottom to top: yang, yang, yang, yang, yin, yang.

Great Resources · Move this line?

Change exactly one line, numbered from the bottom. Each of the six links below leads to the resulting figure.

Cast with this figure

Classical source · Traditional symbols offer a perspective for reflection, not a prediction of inevitable events.