Hexagram 42 · line 3
Increase
益Yì
Increase is used in calamitous affairs. No fault. With trust and centered conduct, report to the duke using a jade tablet.
Line statement
六三
益之，用凶事，无咎。有孚中行，告公用圭。
Increase is used in calamitous affairs. No fault. With trust and centered conduct, report to the duke using a jade tablet.
Calamitous affairs and a formal report belong to Line 3, the edge of inner Thunder. Its change makes Fire below Wind and produces Hexagram 37.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · boundary
Line 3 is the boundary of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an odd place: not aligned
Its yin polarity does not match the traditional odd-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 6: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 6; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes