Hexagram 9 · line 1
The Taming Power of the Small
小畜Xiǎo Xù
Returning by one's own path, how could there be fault? Favorable.
Line statement
初九
復自道，何其咎？吉。
Returning by one's own path, how could there be fault? Favorable.
Return by one's own path belongs to firm Line 1; when it yields, lower heaven becomes wind and the figure is the doubled-wind Hexagram 57.
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.
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