Hexagram 26: Great Restraint
Statement: Gain by being upright. Not eating at home brings fortune. Advance across the great river.
Top trigram: Mountain
Bottom trigram: Heaven
Hexagram Number: 26
Hexagram Name: Great Restraint
Line 1 comment: There is harsh danger. Gain ends.
Line 2 comment: Carriage axle blocks broken.
Line 3 comment: A good horse chases, but gain is difficult. Be upright. Prepare the chariots daily and be on guard. Gain by having a place to go.
Line 4 comment: A young bull's headboard. Great fortune.
Line 5 comment: A gelded hog's teeth. Favorable.
Line 6 comment: Where is heaven's thoroughfare? Go through it.
The image Heaven in the center of a mountain: great restraint. The noble one frequently studies the words and prophesies of the past, and thereby nourishes virtue.
