Hexagram 42 · line 1
Increase
益Yì
Undertaking a great work is beneficial. A greatly favorable result is needed for there to be no fault.
Line statement
初九
利用為大作，元吉，无咎。
Undertaking a great work is beneficial. A greatly favorable result is needed for there to be no fault.
Line 1 receives support despite its low position and is charged with a great undertaking. The traditional reading makes freedom from fault depend on carrying it out well. Changing Line 1 makes Earth below Wind, Hexagram 20.
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