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Use Large Reach to Reduce Harm and Credit Good

Read Hexagram 14 Da You through great visibility joined with moral selection, then apply one evidence rule to what the channel limits and lifts.

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Hexagram 14 · Da You · Great Possession

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Exact classical source

火在天上,大有。君子以遏恶扬善,顺天休命。

Yarrow editorial translation. Fire is in heaven: Great Possession. Thus the noble person restrains harm, raises up good, and follows what is worthy.

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Source image

Fire high in heaven illuminates a wide field, making both harmful effects and worthy contributions harder to leave unseen.

Concrete tension

A channel suddenly gains wide reach, yet it still amplifies unsupported harmful claims and overlooks helpful work whose contributors supplied evidence.

Visible modern action

Publish one evidence rule for the expanded channel. Label or limit each documented harm that fails it, feature each verified contribution that passes it, name the contributor, and add every decision to a public moderation log with the evidence used and a correction route.

Why this action comes from this source

The source makes great possession a duty to restrain harm and raise good. The same evidence rule governs both directions; documented harm is not amplified by reach, each verified contribution receives visible credit, and the public moderation log keeps selection answerable rather than arbitrary.

Reflection question

Which visible contribution deserves credit under the same rule that limits harm?

Audience value

Informative and caring: wider reach becomes transparent stewardship that protects audiences and preserves contributor credit.

Source boundary

The Chinese quotation is checked against Yarrow's bundled Yang Tiancai and Zhang Shanwen source text. Where that OCR witness substitutes a character, the page discloses the raw reading and checks the correction against a second classical witness. The English translation, objects, tension, and action are modern Yarrow editorial work. This is not a fresh cast, prediction, or promised outcome.