Hexagram 46
地风升
Pushing Upward
Upper Trigram
☷
坤 (土)
Lower Trigram
☴
巽 (木)
Palace
震 Palace
Shi / Ying Lines
Shi: Line 4 · Ying: Line 1
The 坤 trigram (土) sits above the 巽 trigram (木), forming 地风升. This hexagram belongs to the 震 Palace.
Judgment (卦辞)
Pushing Upward has supreme success. One must see the great man.
Image (象辞)
Within the earth, wood grows: the image of Pushing Upward.
Line Texts (爻辞)
Line 1
Pushing upward that meets with confidence. Great good fortune. (允升)
Line 2
If one is sincere, even a small offering furthers. (孚乃利用禴)
Line 3
One pushes upward into an empty city. (升虚邑)
Line 4
The king offers him Mount Qi. Good fortune. (王用亨于岐山)
Line 5
Perseverance brings good fortune. One pushes upward by steps. (贞吉)
Line 6
Pushing upward in darkness. Unremitting perseverance. (冥升)