Good Fortune
Carried by sixty chapters
In the constellation
Good fortune is the oracle's basic favorable verdict — most often as "brings good fortune." In the philosophy of the Great Treatise it is not blind luck but the visible sign of accord between a person's conduct and the demands of the time: as Wilhelm summarizes, in human affairs "the condition of harmony assures good fortune, that of disharmony predicates misfortune." Good fortune and Misfortune are, in the Great Treatise's phrase, the images of gain and loss.
Because the outcome follows from the attitude, the oracle repeatedly ties good fortune to a condition — "Perseverance brings good fortune," "Quiet perseverance brings good fortune," modesty, sincerity, holding to the center. It is therefore less a prediction than a promise contingent on right conduct: align with the time and with what is correct, and good fortune follows of itself.
Where the thread runs
- 01 The Creative
- 02 The Receptive
- 03 Difficulty at the Beginning
- 04 Youthful Folly
- 05 Waiting
- 06 Conflict
- 07 The Army
- 08 Holding Together
- 09 The Taming Power of the Small
- 10 Treading
- 11 Peace
- 12 Standstill
- 13 Fellowship with Men
- 14 Possession in Great Measure
- 15 Modesty
- 16 Enthusiasm
- 17 Following
- 18 Work on what has been spoiled
- 19 Approach
- 21 Biting Through
- 22 Grace
- 24 Return
- 25 Innocence
- 26 The Taming Power of the Great
- 27 Corners of the Mouth
- 28 Preponderance of the Great
- 30 The Clinging, Fire
- 31 Influence
- 32 Duration
- 33 Retreat
- 34 The Power of the Great
- 35 Progress
- 36 Darkening of the light
- 37 The Family
- 38 Opposition
- 39 Obstruction
- 40 Deliverance
- 41 Decrease
- 42 Increase
- 44 Coming to Meet
- 45 Gathering Together
- 46 Pushing Upward
- 47 Oppression
- 48 The Well
- 49 Revolution
- 50 The Caldron
- 51 The Arousing
- 52 Keeping Still, Mountain
- 53 Development
- 54 The Marrying Maiden
- 55 Abundance
- 56 The Wanderer
- 57 The Gentle
- 58 The Joyous, Lake
- 59 Dispersion
- 60 Limitation
- 61 Inner Truth
- 62 Preponderance of the Small
- 63 After Completion
- 64 Before Completion