I Ching hexagram 42

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I Ching hexagram 42, depicted |:::|| is named 益 (yi4), Augmenting. Other translations: R. Wilhelm/C. Baynes, Increase; E. Shaughnessy (Mawangdui), Increase.

• Inner (lower) trigram is ☳ (|:: 震 zhen4) Shake = (雷) thunder
• Outer (upper) trigram is ☴ (:|| 巽 xun4) Ground = (風) wind
• The trigrams can be read bottom to top as "With enlightenment (thunder in lower) comes becoming influential (wind in upper)"

[edit] The Self-Referencing I Ching : using the I Ching to describe itself

The following material is drawn from analysis of the binary sequence of the hexagrams where the hexagrams are derived from recursion of yin/yang and so showing a property of the method - the hexagrams are all linked together and contribute to the expression of, the description of, each hexagram.

• The skeletal form of hexagram 42 is described by analogy to the under-exaggerated properties of hexagram 08 where we have a generic focus on passive attraction that is of benefit and so introduces a vague sense of 'augmentation' refined in 42.

I Ching hexagrams
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