The old I Ching texts regarding this hexagram
    use the analogy of a ridgepole that is so overloaded it
    sags to the breaking point. The overload can be too
    much of a good thing or, on the other hand,
    exhaustion from too much "doing." Whether the
    pressure is coming from outside or from within, Excess
    can make you feel like a beast of burden. This is the
    moment to begin eliminating stress, and to understand
    how it got there in the first place...

                                           The Tao Oracle--28 Excess

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