Hexagram 41 · Line 6
Decrease — 上九
Sun · Shang Jiu
上九 · Shang Jiu
The Line
If one is increased without decreasing others, this is no blame. Perseverance brings good fortune. It is favorable to undertake something. One gets servants, but no longer has a particular home.
Interpretation
There are people who bestow blessing on the whole world. Every increase of strength, every increase granted to them comes to the benefit of all people and therefore means no decrease for others. Through perseverant and eager work one has success and finds helpers as one needs them. But what one effects is not a privately limited advantage, but is open and accessible to everyone.