I Ching · Book of Changes
Chapter 26
Hexagram 26 · Da Xu · Great Taming
King Wen, Duke of Zhou, Confucius · Western Zhou (c.1000 BCE)
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Great Taming: perseverance furthers. Not eating at home — good fortune. Favorable to cross great water. 1. Danger. It furthers to stop. 2. Wagon's axle-holders are removed. 3. A good horse follows. Favorable: perseverance in difficulty. Practice chariot defense. 4. Headboard of a young bull. Supreme good fortune. 5. A castrated boar's tusk. Good fortune. 6. One attains the highway of heaven. Success.