Possession in Great Measure

无交害，匪咎，艱則无咎。

No contact with harm. This is not a fault. Hardship handled with care brings no fault.

The bottom line is still outside harmful exchange. Turning it yielding changes lower heaven to wind and produces Hexagram 50.

大車以載，有攸往，无咎。

A great cart is used for carrying. There is somewhere to go. No fault.

A great carrying cart belongs to the firm and centered second place; if this line yields, lower heaven becomes fire and the resulting figure is Hexagram 30.

公用亨于天子，小人弗克。

A duke makes an offering to the Son of Heaven. A small person cannot do this.

At Line 3, the upper edge of inner heaven, a duke's offering carries possession into a royal relation. Making the line yielding turns the lower trigram into lake and gives Hexagram 38.

匪其彭，无咎。

Not flaunting one’s abundance. No fault.

Firm Line 4 sits directly below the yielding ruler. Restraining the display of abundance avoids pressing that advantage against the ruler’s position. Changing the line to yielding turns upper fire to mountain and produces Hexagram 26.

厥孚交如，威如，吉。

Trust is returned by others, and dignity is maintained. Favorable.

Reciprocal trust and dignity occupy Line 5, the yielding center. Firming it removes the figure's only broken line, producing Hexagram 1.

自天祐之，吉无不利。

Help comes from heaven. Favorable; nothing is without benefit.

Help from heaven is placed at the firm top line, whose yielding change makes upper fire thunder and results in Hexagram 34.