Increase — abundance flowing outward and shared.
A favorable time for growth, generosity, and bold improvement. Increase others and you are increased in turn; act while the season gives. Use the surplus to do real good.
increasegenerositygrowthopportunity
Increase places Wind (gentle, penetrating) above Thunder (arousing, moving). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
利有攸往，利涉大川。
The Image · 大象
风雷，益；君子以见善则迁，有过则改。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初九利用为大作，元吉，无咎。象曰：元吉无咎，下不厚事也。
- 六二或益之，十朋之龟弗克违，永贞吉。王用享于帝，吉。象曰：或益之，自外来也。
- 六三益之用凶事，无咎。有孚中行，告公用圭。象曰：益用凶事，固有之也。
- 六四中行，告公从。利用为依迁国。象曰：告公从，以益志也。
- 九五有孚惠心，勿问元吉。有孚惠我德。象曰：有孚惠心，勿问之矣。惠我德，大得志也。
- 上九莫益之，或击之，立心勿恒，凶。象曰：莫益之，偏辞也。或击之，自外来也。
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.