46䷭升 Ascending Shēng

☷地🌎 Earth
☴風🍃 Wind

地中生木,升; 君子以順德,積小以高大。

Within earth, wood grows: Ascending. Superior people of devoted character heap up small things in order to achieve great things.

升: 元亨,用見大人, 勿恤,南征吉。

Ascending: Supreme success. It is essential to see a great person, so there will be no grief. Progressing towards the south brings good fortune.

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冥升, 利于不息之貞。

Ascending in darkness. Beneficial to be unceasingly persevering.

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貞吉,升階。

Perseverance brings good fortune. Ascend step-by-step.

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王用亨于岐山, 吉无咎。

A ruler makes offerings on the mountain. Auspicious. No regrets.

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升虛邑。

Ascending into an empty city.

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孚乃利用禴, 无咎。

If sincere, beneficial to perform a ceremony.

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允升,大吉。

Sincere ascension. Greatly auspicious.