This hexagram is named "Da Guo" (大過), meaning "Great Exceeding." It reveals the principle that when one side, dominated by the strong and masculine, becomes excessively powerful and the other side, the weak and feminine, becomes excessively feeble during the development of things, one must strive to adjust and achieve a balance between strength and weakness, and between the principal and the subordinate. The hexagram depicts a marsh (Dui, 兌) above wind/wood (Xun, 巽), symbolizing water being too abundant and thus submerging the trees, unable to nourish them. This extends to the phenomenon of forcing things or going overboard in all matters. Furthermore, the entire hexagram, when analyzed closely, forms the image of a great Kan hexagram (坎), thus carrying the meaning of floods and inundation. The hexagram has four yang lines and two yin lines at the top and bottom, indicating that the yang lines are twice as numerous as the yin lines. The two yin lines at the beginning and top cannot adequately envelop and protect the four yang lines in the middle, much like paper struggling to contain fire, suggesting that a situation is on the verge of being exposed.