Great Excess · Ze Feng Da Guo
Great Exceeding — the ridgepole that bends under a roof grown too heavy.
The traditional reading
Hexagram 28 is the load that has grown heavier than the frame can comfortably bear — a roof straining on its ridgepole. The situation is exceptional and calls for exceptional, even unorthodox, measures. Do not pretend the weight is ordinary; change the structure before it breaks, and know that even this season will pass.
Structure of the hexagram
- Lower trigram: Wind (Xun) · Wood
- Upper trigram: Lake (Dui) · Metal
- House: Thunder (Zhen) · Wood
- Text in the original Chinese: 泽风大过