Hexagram 34 · line 1
The Power of the Great
大壯Dà Zhuàng
Strength in the toes. Advancing brings misfortune; this is certain.
Line statement
初九
壯于趾，征凶，有孚。
Strength in the toes. Advancing brings misfortune; this is certain.
Strength first reaches the toes at Line 1. The closing phrase reinforces the text’s warning about advancing too soon. Changing the firm base to yielding makes Wind below Thunder and produces Hexagram 32.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · base
Line 1 is the base of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yang in an odd place: aligned
Its yang polarity matches the traditional odd-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 4: same polarity
Its counterpart is Line 4; the two share a polarity, so this structural correspondence is not responsive.
One line changes