Da Zhuang (Great Power) (雷天大壯)
Upper: ☳ Zhen (震) (Thunder) · Lower: ☰ Qian (乾) (Heaven)
📊 Binary Architecture & The Six Lines
📜 The Judgment (卦辭 / Guaci)
Thunder reverberates across the heavens. Great power must be guided by moral law, avoiding reckless arrogance.
🧭 The Image (大象傳 / Da Xiang) & Archetypal Conduct
Thunder in heaven above: The image of The Power of the Great. Thus the superior man does not tread upon paths that do not accord with established order.
📖 The Lines (爻辭 / Yaoci)
- Line 1 初九Bottom line (1st) · Yang壯于趾，征凶，有孚。Power in the toes; going forth brings misfortune—this is certain.
- Line 2 九二2nd line · Yang貞吉。Steadfastness brings good fortune.
- Line 3 九三3rd line · Yang小人用壯，君子用罔，貞厲。羝羊觸藩，羸其角。The petty person uses power; the noble person does not; steadfast, yet perilous. A ram butts a hedge and gets his horns entangled.
- Line 4 九四4th line · Yang貞吉悔亡，藩決不羸，壯于大轝之腹。Steadfastness: good fortune; regret vanishes. The hedge opens, no entanglement; strength like the axle of a great cart.
- Line 5 六五5th line · Yin喪羊于易，無悔。Losing the sheep with ease; no regret.
- Line 6 上六Top line (6th) · Yin羝羊觸藩，不能退，不能遂，無攸利，艱則吉。A ram butts a hedge; he cannot retreat, cannot advance; nothing is favorable. If one endures the difficulty, good fortune.
Original line texts are transcribed from Wikisource (周易). The English renderings are literal working drafts under editorial review and may change.
✨ Practical Discernment & Life Guidance
Exercise tremendous power with righteous restraint; avoid bullying or rushing stubbornly through walls.
Use strength to protect and elevate others rather than proving intellectual superiority.
Deploy capital within disciplined risk parameters; resist arrogant or oversized market positions.