The power of the great — abundant strength on the rise.
Great power is available, but power without restraint becomes recklessness. Use strength only in accord with what is right. Mighty force, well-disciplined, prevails.
powervigorstrengthrestraint
The Power of the Great places Thunder (arousing, moving) above Heaven (strong, creative). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
利贞。
The Image · 大象
雷在天上，大壮；君子以非礼弗履。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初九壮于趾，征凶，有孚。象曰：壮于趾，其孚穷也。
- 九二贞吉。象曰：九二贞吉，以中也。
- 九三小人用壮，君子用罔，贞厉。羝羊触藩，羸其角。象曰：小人用壮，君子罔也。
- 九四贞吉，悔亡，藩决不羸，壮于大舆之輹。象曰：藩决不羸，尚往也。
- 六五丧羊于易，无悔。象曰：丧羊于易，位不当也。
- 上六羝羊触藩，不能退，不能遂，无攸利，艰则吉。象曰：不能退，不能遂，不详也。艰则吉，咎不长也。
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.