According to the general principles of the Yi (Book of Changes), yin is small and yang is large. Liu Si (the fourth line, yin) is the only yin line in the Xiao Xu hexagram, and because yin is used to restrain yang, the amount it can restrain is "small.
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The Small Taming: success. Dense clouds, no rain, rising from our western outskirts.
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风行天上,小畜。君子以懿文德。
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According to the general principles of the Yi (Book of Changes), yin is small and yang is large. Liu Si (the fourth line, yin) is the only yin line in the Xiao Xu hexagram, and because yin is used to restrain yang, the amount it can restrain is "small." The hexagram uses the image of "dense clouds without rain" as a metaphor to illustrate the condition in which yin and yang are not in harmony.
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