Hexagram 42 · Line 4
Increase — 四六
Yi Increase · Si Liu
四六 · Si Liu
The Line
If you walk in the middle and report to the prince, he will follow. It is favorable to be employed in the moving of the capital.
Interpretation
It is important that there be people who mediate between leaders and led. These must be selfless personalities, namely in times of Increase, in which profit shall go out from the leader to the people. Nothing of the blessing may be selfishly held back; rather, it must really come to the benefit of those for whom it is destined. Such a mediating personality, who also exerts a good influence on the leader, is especially important in times in which great, future-deciding undertakings are at stake, which require the inner agreement of all involved.