Hexagram 28 · Line 3
Great Exceeding — 三九
Da Guo · San Jiu
三九 · San Jiu
The Line
The ridgepole sags to the breaking point. Misfortune.
Interpretation
Here a personality is depicted who in times of Preponderance of the Great wants to force their way through violently. They take no advice from others, and therefore the others too are not ready to support them. Thereby the load grows, and bending or breaking follows. In dangerous times, willful pressing ahead only hastens the collapse.