# Hexagram 14: Great Possession

Canonical page: https://thefreeiching.com/library/14
Last updated: 2026-10-07

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- **Upper trigram:** [Li 離](https://thefreeiching.com/trigrams/li), Fire, the clinging, clarity
- **Lower trigram:** [Qian 乾](https://thefreeiching.com/trigrams/qian), Heaven, the creative, strong
- **Lines, bottom to top:** 111101 (1 = solid yang, 0 = broken yin)

## Contemporary judgment

Great possession. Much has come into your hands: resources, clarity, influence, or inner wealth. Such abundance is not trouble-free; it draws attention, expectation, and envy. The measure of the moment is not what you hold, but how openly and wisely you steward it.

## Image

Fire in the heaven. The sun at the zenith shines on all things. The superior person curbs evil and furthers good, responding to the will of heaven with devotion.

## Counsel

Be generous without losing your center. Do not apologize for what you have, but do not cling either. Use this moment to support others and to build enduring things. Arrogance now would turn fortune into its opposite; humility keeps the door open for what is still coming.

## The six lines

*Numbered from the bottom upward. These line texts are read when that line is changing in a cast.*

### Line 1

> A nine at the beginning means:
> No relation to what is harmful: this is no blame.
> If one remains mindful of the difficulty,
> one remains without blame.

### Line 2

> A nine in the second place means:
> A great wagon for loading.
> One may undertake something. No blame.

### Line 3

> A nine in the third place means:
> A prince offers it to the Son of Heaven.
> A petty person cannot do this.

### Line 4

> A nine in the fourth place means:
> They make a distinction
> between themself and their neighbor.
> No blame.

### Line 5

> A six in the fifth place means:
> Whose truth is accessible and yet worthy
> has good fortune.

### Line 6

> A nine at the top means:
> From heaven he is blessed, good fortune!
> Nothing that is not furthering.

## Related hexagrams

- **Nuclear (lines 2 to 5):** [43 Breakthrough](https://thefreeiching.com/library/43)
- **Inverse (turned upside down):** [13 Fellowship](https://thefreeiching.com/library/13)
- **Opposite (every line flipped):** [8 Holding Together](https://thefreeiching.com/library/8)

## If one line changes

| Changing line | Relating hexagram |
| --- | --- |
| Line 1 | [50 The Cauldron](https://thefreeiching.com/library/50) |
| Line 2 | [30 The Clinging](https://thefreeiching.com/library/30) |
| Line 3 | [38 Opposition](https://thefreeiching.com/library/38) |
| Line 4 | [26 Great Taming](https://thefreeiching.com/library/26) |
| Line 5 | [1 The Creative](https://thefreeiching.com/library/1) |
| Line 6 | [34 Great Power](https://thefreeiching.com/library/34) |

Previous: [13 Fellowship](https://thefreeiching.com/library/13). Next: [15 Modesty](https://thefreeiching.com/library/15). [All sixty-four hexagrams](https://thefreeiching.com/library).

*The judgment, image and counsel are original contemporary paraphrases written for The Free I Ching. The line text is the CC0 translation from [jesshewitt/i-ching](https://github.com/jesshewitt/i-ching), derived from Richard Wilhelm's 1924 German edition.*

## Cite this page

The Free I Ching. "Hexagram 14: Great Possession." https://thefreeiching.com/library/14 (updated 2026-10-07).

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