Hexagram 34
大壯 Dà Zhuàng
The Power of the Great
震
Zhen — Arousing
Thunder · Eldest Son
乾
Qian — Creative
Heaven · Father
The Power of the Great. Perseverance furthers.
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.
Power in the toes. Continuing brings misfortune. This is certainly true.
Perseverance brings good fortune.
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.
Perseverance brings good fortune. Remorse disappears. The hedge opens; there is no entanglement. Power depends upon the axle of a big cart.
Loses the goat with ease. No remorse.
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.