Hexagram 11 · line 1
Peace
泰Tài
Pulling up cogon grass brings its tangled roots and the whole cluster. An advance is favorable.
Line statement
初九
拔茅茹，以其彙，征吉。
Pulling up cogon grass brings its tangled roots and the whole cluster. An advance is favorable.
The bottom line pulls a cluster of connected roots rather than a single stalk; if it yields, lower heaven becomes wind and the figure changes to Hexagram 46.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · base
Line 1 is the base of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yang in an odd place: aligned
Its yang polarity matches the traditional odd-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 4: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 4; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes