大畜daxu
Great Taming
See also: Wilhelm commentary for Hexagram 26
Hexagram Statement
卦辭
正義曰：謂之大畜者，乾健上進，艮止在上，止而畜之，能畜止剛健，故曰大畜。《彖》云「能止健，大正也」，是能止健，故為大畜也。小畜則巽在乾上，以其巽順，不能畜止乾之剛，故云小畜也。此則艮能止之，故為大畜也。利貞者，人能止健，非正不可，故利貞也。「不家食吉」者，已有大畜之資，當須養贍賢人，不使賢人在家自食，如此乃吉也。「利涉大川」者，豐則養賢，應於天道，不憂險難，故利涉大川。
The Correct Meaning states: The reason it is called Great Accumulation is that Qian, the strong, advances upward, while Gen, the still, is above—it halts and accumulates it, able to restrain and hold the firm and strong, hence it is called Great Accumulation.
The Tuan says 'able to halt the strong—this is great correctness,' meaning that being able to halt the strong makes it Great Accumulation. In Small Accumulation, Xun is above Qian, but because of its gentle compliance it cannot restrain the firmness of Qian, hence it is called Small Accumulation.
Here Gen is able to halt it, hence it is Great Accumulation. 'Benefit in Correctness' means: one who can halt the strong cannot do so without correctness, hence benefit in correctness.
'Not eating at home—auspicious' means: already possessing the resources of great accumulation, one must nourish and support the worthy; not allowing the worthy to eat at home by themselves—this is auspicious.
'Benefit in crossing a great river' means: abundance enables nourishing the worthy, corresponding to the Way of Heaven, with no worry about dangers and difficulties, hence benefit in crossing a great river.
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