Hexagram 43 · line 1
Breakthrough
夬Guài
Vigor in the forward toes. Going without prevailing becomes a fault.
Line statement
初九
壯于前趾，往不勝為咎。
Vigor in the forward toes. Going without prevailing becomes a fault.
Decision reaches the forward toes at Line 1 before it has the strength to prevail. When the firm base yields, Wind stands below Lake and the figure becomes Hexagram 28.
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