Hexagram 42 · line 4
Increase
益Yì
Following a centered course, one reports to the duke and is heeded. It is beneficial to provide support in moving the capital.
Line statement
六四
中行，告公從，利用為依遷國。
Following a centered course, one reports to the duke and is heeded. It is beneficial to provide support in moving the capital.
Line 4 opens outer Wind with a report to the duke and support for moving the capital. Changing it to firm makes Heaven above Thunder and yields Hexagram 25.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- outer · base
Line 4 is the base of the outer trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an even place: aligned
Its yin polarity matches the traditional even-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 1: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 1; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes