I Ching, Yijing or Zhou Yi
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Yi Jing, Oracle of the Moon
The image of hexagram 34
Dà Zhuàng, great vigor
What does it mean, 'inner' and 'outer trigram' (popup)
Heaven below Thunder: the people (or hexagrams) with Qián inside know about the laws of universe, nature, humanity, the earth, anything which can only exist if there is a strong structure supporting it. They show it in everything they are or do, and with Zhèn outside, this will be very evident and often sudden. There is a danger of exaggeration though, and since qián can be very dry, to the point of scorching, there is a chance of starving their surroundings or their own mind through severity.
Ideogram of the hexagram name: the first character dà is a big person, meaning big. The second character zhuàng is slit bamboo or chopped wood (left) and a scholar (right). It means vigor, young and strong, mighty, spectacular, solid, bravery, heroic, respect, expand, strengthen, intense, strive hard, appropriate.
The 'Great Image' says: Thunder up in Heaven: great vigor. The noble one will not tread a path without propriety.
Hex.34 is the contrast of 20, contemplating, getting an overview of a situation.
Hex.34 is the one who speaks up or acts when necessary. The one who knows about ethics and courage and honesty.
God made man from clay. He blew life into him. But man prefers to be a stone, so he bakes himself into a brick, strong and invulnerable. Rigid and square, a foundation that supports the building of mankind.
God never had a building in His mind, just life. If man stays the life he essentially is, his strength will be alive too, never rigid but able to cope with every challenge.