Judgment
— I Ching · classical
利有攸往，利涉大川。
Increase. It furthers one to undertake something. It furthers one to cross the great water.
Image
— Great Image
风雷，益，君子以见善则迁，有过则改。
Wind and thunder: the image of increase. Thus the superior person: if they see good, they imitate it; if they have faults, they rid themselves of them.
Six Lines
— Bottom to top
Initial Nine · 初九
⚊ yang
利用为大作，元吉，无咎。
It furthers one to accomplish great deeds. Supreme good fortune. No blame.
Strong tail wind; major undertakings favored; sublime fortune.
Six in the second · 六二
⚋ yin
或益之十朋之龟，弗克违，永贞吉。王用享于帝，吉。
Someone does indeed increase him. Ten pairs of tortoises cannot oppose it. Constant perseverance brings good fortune. The king presents him before God. Good fortune.
System-wide blessing of value (ten pairs of tortoises) flows in unstoppably to the worthy; king presents him to the deity; good fortune.
Six in the third · 六三
⚋ yin
益之用凶事，无咎。有孚中行，告公用圭。
One is enriched through unfortunate events. No blame, if you are sincere and walk in the middle. Then you report with a seal to the prince.
Even gains from crisis can be legitimate, provided sincerity and the central path; report to authority with the proper seal.
Six in the fourth · 六四
⚋ yin
中行，告公从，利用为依迁国。
If you walk in the middle and report to the prince, he will follow. It furthers one to be used in the moving of the capital.
Walking the centered path and reporting upward, decision-makers adopt the basis-benefit recommendation. Fit for great projects (moving the capital).
Nine in the fifth · 九五
⚊ yang
有孚惠心，勿问，元吉。有孚惠我德。
If in truth you have a kind heart, ask not. Supreme good fortune. Truly, kindness will be recognized as your virtue.
Sincere benevolence from the leader, undeclared but real — sublime fortune; the people experience it as your defining quality.
Nine at the top · 上九
⚊ yang
莫益之，或击之。立心勿恒，凶。
He brings increase to no one. Indeed, someone even strikes him. He does not keep his heart constantly steady. Misfortune.
The high seat that gives nothing — eventually struck by all. Inconstancy of heart at the top brings ruin.
Modern Readings
— Interdisciplinary
Career & Management
Red-letter season — subsidies, exploding demand, fresh capital. The chief must reinvest the windfall into employees and customers (sun shang yi xia) or risk severe backlash.
Psychology & Cognition
See good and follow it; see fault and shed it (jian shan ze qian, you guo ze gai). Use the favorable wind to push long-difficult projects.
Decision Guidance
With sincere benevolence (you fu hui xin), do not ask, do not announce. The selfish hoarder at the top (line 6) is universally struck.
Western Parallels
— Cross-cultural
Adam Grant's research on 'givers' as long-term top performers; the principle of pay-it-forward; Carnegie's 'Gospel of Wealth' updated; the Buddhist dāna (generosity); Charlie Munger's idea that fair dealing compounds reputational capital across decades.
· 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.