多識前言往行，以畜其德
Judgment and its commentary
先讀經文，再讀《彖傳》如何解釋卦辭。Read the received text first, then its Tuan commentary.
大畜：利貞，不家食，吉，利涉大川。
大畜卦——利於守正。不在家中（私下）吃食而到朝廷做事，吉，利於涉險大事。蓄積之大用是出而為公。
Under the conditions of Da Xu it will be advantageous to be firm and correct. (If its subject do not seek to) enjoy his revenues in his own family (without taking service at court), there will be good fortune. It will be advantageous for him to cross the great stream.
大畜，剛健篤實輝光，日新其德，剛上而尚賢，能止健，大正也。不家食吉，養賢也。利涉大川，應乎天也。
大畜：剛健（乾）篤實而有輝光，日新其德。剛在上（上九）而尚賢，能止住剛健（艮止乾），是大正之道。「不家食吉」是養賢於朝。「利涉大川」是因為應於天。
(The trigrams composing) Da Xu have the attributes of the greatest strength, with substantial solidity, and brightness — characteristics of those whose virtue is daily renewed. The strong line is in the highest place, and indicates the honour given to the men of talents and virtue.
Great Image Commentary
上下卦取象 → 全卦成象 → 人事取法Trigrams → whole image → conduct
天在山中，大畜
(The trigram representing) a mountain, and that for heaven in the midst of it form Da Xu.
君子以多識前言往行，以畜其德。
The superior man, in accordance with this, stores largely in his memory the words and deeds of former men, to subserve the accumulation of his virtue.
天在山中——大畜之象。君子由此體會：要多識古聖先賢的言論行為，以蓄積自己的德性。
本站導讀，不屬《大象傳》原文；用來預覽本卦六爻由初至上的意象變化。An editorial preview of the six line images, not part of the Great Image Commentary.
有厲，利已。
有險——利於停止。蓄之初不可進。
The first NINE shows its subject in a position of peril. It will be advantageous for him to stop his advance.
有厲利已，不犯災也。
有險而停，是為了不冒災。
輿說輹。
車脫了車輪——主動停下。剛得中位，知止。
The second NINE shows a carriage with the strap under it removed.
輿說輹，中無尤也。
車脫輻條，居中位無尤。
良馬逐，利艱貞。曰閑輿衛，利有攸往。
良馬追逐——利於艱難守正。要熟練於御車與防衛之術，利有所往。
The third NINE shows its subject urging his way with good horses. It will be advantageous for him to realise the difficulty (of his course), and to be firm and correct, exercising himself daily in his charioteering and methods of defence; then there will be advantage in whatever direction he may advance.
利有攸往，上合志也。
利有所往，是與上爻志合。
童牛之牿，元吉。
在小牛角上加木板（防其觸人）——大吉。陰柔在尊近之位，能於初而止。
The fourth SIX shows the young bull, (and yet) having the piece of wood over his horns. There will be great good fortune.
六四元吉，有喜也。
六四大吉，有喜慶。
豶豕之牙，吉。
閹割過的豬之牙（去其暴而留其用）——吉。柔得尊位，能化解剛猛。
The fifth SIX shows the teeth of a castrated hog. There will be good fortune.
六五之吉，有慶也。
六五之吉，有福慶。
何天之衢，亨。
何等通達天上的大道——亨通。蓄之至成，行於天上之路。
The topmost NINE shows its subject (as if) in possession of the roads of the sky. There will be progress.
何天之衢，道大行也。
通天之衢，是大道得行。
To accumulate, store up; also carries the sense 'to rear, to nourish' (as with livestock) — both are active in this hexagram.
To stop, desist.
Loan character for 脫 (tuō), 'to remove, detach.'
The wooden block beneath a carriage's axle — remove it and the carriage cannot move.
Practiced, skilled — trained to fluency.
Defense, guarding.
The wooden board fixed over a young ox's horns to keep it from goring.
A gelded boar — fierceness removed at the root.
A great open thoroughfare; here, the highway of heaven.
