利贞。不家食吉，利涉大川。
天在山中，大畜；君子以多识前言往行，以畜其德。
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大畜卦象征「大畜养、大积聚、大蓄积」。…
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大畜，刚健笃实辉光，日新其德。刚上而尚贤，能止健，大正也。不家食吉，养贤也。利涉大川，应乎天也。
上九：何天之衢，亨。
何天之衢，道大行也。
六五：豮豕之牙，吉。
六五之吉，有庆也。
六四：童牛之牿，元吉。
六四元吉，有喜也。
九三：良马逐，利艰贞。曰闲舆卫，利有攸往。
利有攸往，上合志也。
九二：舆说輹。
舆说輹，中无尤也。
初九：有厉，利已。
有厉利已，不犯灾也。
凡物既厌而退者弱也，既荣而陨者薄也；夫能辉光日新其德者，唯刚健笃实也。
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View original source谓之「大畜」者，乾健上进，艮止在上，止而畜之，能畜止刚健，故曰「大畜」。
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View original source莫大于天，而在山中。艮在上而止乾于下，皆蕴畜至大之象也。
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