Peace — heaven and earth in harmony, a time of flourishing exchange.
The small departs and the great approaches; channels are open and conditions favor you. Cooperate and build while the season holds. Tend the harmony, for peace is never permanent.
harmonyprosperityflourishingbalance
Peace places Earth (receptive, devoted) above Heaven (strong, creative). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
小往大来，吉亨。
The Image · 大象
天地交，泰；后以财成天地之道，辅相天地之宜，以左右民。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初九拔茅茹，以其汇，征吉。象曰：拔茅征吉，志在外也。
- 九二包荒，用冯河，不遐遗，朋亡，得尚于中行。象曰：包荒，得尚于中行，以光大也。
- 九三无平不陂，无往不复，艰贞无咎。勿恤其孚，于食有福。象曰：无往不复，天地际也。
- 六四翩翩，不富以其邻，不戒以孚。象曰：翩翩不富，皆失实也。不戒以孚，中心愿也。
- 六五帝乙归妹，以祉元吉。象曰：以祉元吉，中以行愿也。
- 上六城复于隍，勿用师。自邑告命，贞吝。象曰：城复于隍，其命乱也。
The judgment, image and line texts above are quoted from the original Zhou Yi. A modern Chinese translation of the full classic is available on the original-text page.