Judgment
— I Ching · classical
利贞。
The power of the great. Perseverance furthers.
Image
— Great Image
雷在天上，大壮，君子以非礼弗履。
Thunder in heaven above: the image of the power of the great. Thus the superior person does not tread upon paths that do not accord with established order.
Six Lines
— Bottom to top
Initial Nine · 初九
⚊ yang
壮于趾，征凶，有孚。
Power in the toes. Going forward brings misfortune. This is certain.
Strength applied at the lowest point, no foundation — forward motion fails.
Nine in the second · 九二
⚊ yang
贞吉。
Perseverance brings good fortune.
Centered strength, balanced restraint — fortune.
Nine in the third · 九三
⚊ yang
小人用壮，君子用罔。贞厉。羝羊触藩，羸其角。
The inferior person works through power. The superior person does not act thus. To continue is dangerous. A goat butts against a hedge and gets its horns entangled.
The crude press through brute force; the wise hold back. Like a ram ramming a fence — horns stuck, neither forward nor back.
Nine in the fourth · 九四
⚊ yang
贞吉，悔亡。藩决不羸，壮于大舆之輹。
Perseverance brings good fortune. Remorse disappears. The hedge opens; there is no entanglement. Power depends upon the axle of a big cart.
The barrier yields; horns are freed. Strength expressed as the axle of a great wagon — controlled, load-bearing.
Six in the fifth · 六五
⚋ yin
丧羊于易，无悔。
Loses the goat with ease. No remorse.
Abandon the bullish stubbornness in open ground; release the goat without fight. No regret.
Six at the top · 上六
⚋ yin
羝羊触藩，不能退，不能遂，无攸利，艰则吉。
A goat butts against a hedge. It cannot go backward, it cannot go forward. Nothing serves to further. If one notes the difficulty, this brings good fortune.
Stuck — neither retreat nor advance. Only by acknowledging the trap honestly does fortune return.
Modern Readings
— Interdisciplinary
Career & Management
Industry dominance, abundant budget, controlling voice. Most prone here to ecosystem-destructive blunders; rule of law and self-restraint protect against the stuck-ram disaster.
Psychology & Cognition
'Great wisdom looks like foolishness, great skill looks like clumsiness.' Power held requires more restraint, not less; avoid the strut.
Decision Guidance
Strength must be used through the axle of a great cart (line 4), not the horns of a ram (lines 3, 6). Press no path that contradicts order.
Western Parallels
— Cross-cultural
Theodore Roosevelt's 'speak softly and carry a big stick'; the corporate antitrust principle; Aristotle's 'megalopsuchia' (great-souled person restraint at the height of capability); the Spider-Man maxim 'with great power comes great responsibility'.
· All texts here come from public-domain editions of the I Ching and supporting commentary.
· Anygua does not predict, score, schedule, ward, or recommend rituals.
· The same input via the same method will always reproduce the same hexagram — verifiable below.