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Hexagram 7 — Tai, Peace
Chronological no. 7 (binary-weight order) · King Wen no. (traditional) 11 · 泰
By Anibal Edelberto Amiot — Updated October 1, 2026
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Heaven and Earth unite: the image of peace. What should, by nature, remain separate — high and low — meets here and communicates freely, with no obstacle between them. This is the figure of accomplished harmony, where each force finds its complement rather than its adversary. Thus the sovereign shapes the way of Heaven and Earth and comes to the aid of all beings: peace is not the absence of movement, but exchange become fluid between forces that answer one another.
Heaven and Earth meet and exchange freely. When what is above consents to descend and what is below consents to rise, communication becomes total and fruitful. This line teaches that lasting prosperity is always born of this reciprocal exchange — never of a single imposed direction, always of a meeting where each gives and receives in turn.
The six lines
At the base of the earth, fullness stirs: the yang onset that carried the whole figure now yields its place.
The steadied earth reaches its limit: the solidity that upheld the structure is about to change its nature.
At the threshold between earth and man, force wavers: what acted through firmness hesitates before turning.
In the listening of man, the hollow fills: the openness that received is about to assert itself.
At the sage's seat, emptiness fills: the suppleness that governed with discretion gathers a new force.
At the summit, emptiness reaches its fullest extent and closes: the furthest opening turns toward its opposite.
Source: La Livrée d'Hermès, Anibal Amiot — chapter 7.1 (pp. 63–68). French version of this page.
For the notions used here — magic square, layer and casting, the Yi Jing — see the project lexicon.
The patterns of this hexagram
Eight 12×12 Jacquard patterns are generated from this hexagram, one for each admissible family of the system. Each has its own page: cell, tiling, recolourings and data.
Bases — YANG mutant
Bases — YANG
Pair of two — YANG + YIN mutant
Pair of two — YIN mutant + YANG mutant
Pair of two — YIN + YANG
Pair of two — YIN + YANG mutant
Triple — without YANG
Triple — without YANG mutant
Neighbouring hexagrams
6 — Sheng, Pushing Upward · 8 — Yu, Enthusiasm
Hexagrams sharing a trigram
Same upper trigram (☷ Kun): 0 — Kun, The Receptive · 1 — Fu, Return · 2 — Shi, The Army · 3 — Lin, Approach · 4 — Qian, Modesty · 5 — Ming Yi, Darkening of the Light · 6 — Sheng, Pushing Upward
Same lower trigram (☰ Qian): 15 — Da Zhuang, The Power of the Great · 23 — Xu, Waiting · 31 — Guai, Breakthrough · 39 — Da Chu, The Taming Power of the Great · 47 — Da You, Possession in Great Measure · 55 — Xiao Chu, The Taming Power of the Small · 63 — Qian, The Creative
