Small Excess

Small Excess. Success. Perseverance furthers. Small things may be done; great things should not be done. The flying bird brings the message: it is not good to strive upward; it is good to remain below.

Thunder on the mountain — a force slightly too great for its context. The flying bird brings the message: it is not good to strive upward; it is good to remain below. Small things may be done, great things should not be done. The superior person is more respectful, more mournful, more frugal.

Hexagram 62, Small Excess, depicts 亨，利貞。可小事，不可大事。飛鳥遺之音，不宜上，宜下，大吉。. The judgment states: Small Excess. Success. Perseverance furthers. Small things may be done; great things should not be done. The flying bird brings the message: it is not good to strive upward; it is good to remain below. This hexagram belongs to the Completion group and addresses a specific configuration of forces. The I Ching describes the present moment with precision so the next natural movement becomes visible. Understanding this particular pattern of change is the first step toward responding with wisdom rather than reaction.