The Yî King — Sacred Books of China Part II, SBE Vol. 16 (trans. James Legge, 1882)

The treatise is too slight to require, or to justify, an exhibition of all its inaccuracies.

* But Xun does not denote filling up. It is the symbol of being in a state of distress and difficulty. The writer is thinking of the result of the interaction of heaven and earth as being to fill all between them with the various forms of living beings; and to represent that he gives the result of Xun, and not its meaning. He makes a blunder which might have been easily avoided, for he adds immediately that the character is descriptive of things on their first production.

* It is difficult to follow the writer here. Hsti in the Text is the symbol of the idea of waiting. Does he mean that a provision of food and drink can only be made gradually? There is nothing in the character Hsti to awaken in the mind the idea of nourishment. Then the genesis of contention which is given is strange. The writer probably had in his mind the lines of the Shih, II, i, ode 5. 3:—

‘The loss of kindly feeling oft
From slightest things shall grow.
Where all the fare is dry and spare,
Resentments fierce may glow.’
But what is allowable, good even, in poetry, is out of place in this
treatise. :

> Contention on a great scale will put all the population of a state in excitement and motion, and military measures of repression will be necessary. But the idea of the multitudes in Sze would seem to be simply that of number, and not that of a numerous host. In a feudal kingdom, however, all the able-bodied people might be required to join the army.

p. 440

‘ Li, the name of the roth hexagram, is the symbol for a shoe, and the act of treading or walking. It seems here to be derived from the homophonous Ii, the symbol of acts of ceremony. The identity of sound or name must be considered as accidentaL A measured step would be one of the first ways in which the inward sense of propriety would manifest itself. .

5 By the subject of T4 YQ and XhAien we must understand the possessor of the kingdom,—the great man who in his greatness is yet distinguished by humility. He attracts followers.

_° For the true meaning of Afi and Lin, the names of hexagrams 18, 19, see what is said in the notes on the Text of them.

7 The same reference should be made to the notes on the Text of Hsien and many of the other hexagrams that follow.

APPENDIX VII.

Treatise on the Hexagrams taken promiscuously, according to the opposition or diversity of their meaning.

This last of the Appendixes is touched on very briefly in the concluding paragraph of the Introduction, p. 55. It is stated there to be in rhyme, and I have endeavoured to give a similar form to the following version of it. The rhymes and length of the lines in the original, however, are very irregular, and I found it impossible to reproduce that irregularity in English.

I, 2.

8, 7.

19, 20.

Y

51, 52.

41, 42.
26.

25.

Strength in Kien, weakness in Khwân we find.

Pi shows us joy, and Sze the anxious mind,

The rhymes and length of the lines in the original, however, are very irregular, and I found it impossible to reproduce that irregularity in English.

I, 2.

8, 7.

19, 20.

Y

51, 52.

41, 42.
26.

25.

Strength in Kien, weakness in Khwân we find.

Pi shows us joy, and Sze the anxious mind,

Lin gives, Kw4n seeks;—such are the several themes

Their different figures were to teach designed.

Kun manifests itself, yet keeps its place ;
"Mid darkness still, to light Mang sets
its face.

K4n starts; Kan stops. In Sun and Yt are seen

How fulness and decay their course begin.

Ta Kd keeps still, and waits the proper time.

Wat Wang sets forth how evil springs from crime.

442 THE APPENDIXES.
45,46. Good men in 3hui collect; in Shang
they rise:
15,16. Khien itself, Yii others doth despise.
21, 22, Shih Ho takes eating for its theme; and
Pi
Takes what is plain, from ornament quite
free.
58, 57. Tui shows its scope, but Sun’s we do
not see.
17,18. Sui quits the old; Ka makes a new
decree.
23. We see in Po its subject worn away ;
24. And FQ shows its recovering from decay.
35. Above in 3in the sun shines clear and
bright;
36. But in Ming f ’tis hidden from the
sight.
48, 47. Progress in 3ing in Khw4n encounters
blight.
31. Effect quick answering cause in Hsien
appears ;
32. While Hang denotes continuance for
years.
59, 60. HwAn scatters; but 3ieh its code of
rules uprears,
40. Relief and ease with Aieh are sure.to
come ;
41. Hard toil and danger have in Xien their
home.
38. Khwei looks on others as beyond its care ;
37. Kia Z4n all includes within its sphere.

p. 443

12, II.

34, 33-

14.
13.

5°, 51.

61, 62.

55) 56.

30, 29.

53:

27.
63.

While Pht and Th4i their different scopes prefer,

Ta Awang stops here as right; withdraws
Thun there.

T4 YQ adhering multitudes can show;
Thung Zân reflects their warm affection’s
glow.

Ting takes what’s new; the old is left by Ko.

Sincere is Kung Fd; but exceeds, Hsido
Kwo.

Fang tells of trouble; Lii can boast few friends.

Fire mounts in Li; water in Khan descends.

Hsiao Ad with few ’gainst many foes contends.

Movement in Li, unresting, never ends.

H sii shows its subject making no advance :
In Sung we seek in vain a friendly glance ;

. And T4 Kwo’s overthrown with sad mischance.

. K4u shows a meeting, where the many strong Are met by one that’s weak, yet struggles long.

In Kien we see a bride who will delay
To move until the bridegroom takes his
way.

Body and mind are nourished right in f;
All things are well established in At 31.

p. 444

• 54. Kwei Mei reveals how ends the virgin life ;
• 64. Wei 31 how fails the youth (to get a wife).

43. The strong disperse the weak; K w4i teaches so.
Prospers the good man’s way ; to grief all small
men go.

TRANSLITERATION OF ORIENTAL ALPHABETS ADOPTED FOR THE’ TRANSLATIONS
OF THE SACRED Books OF THE EAsT.

CONSONANTS.

MISSIONARY ALPHABET.

I Class.

TT Class.

IIT Class.

Zend.

Pehlevi.

Persian, arabic.

Prospers the good man’s way ; to grief all small men go.

TRANSLITERATION OF ORIENTAL ALPHABETS ADOPTED FOR THE’ TRANSLATIONS
OF THE SACRED Books OF THE EAsT.

CONSONANTS.

MISSIONARY ALPHABET.

I Class.

TT Class.

IIT Class.

Zend.

Pehlevi.

Persian, arabic.

Gutturales.
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2 4 asspirata......-
3 Media. eee ses eee
4 , aspirata.......
5 Gutturo-labialis ......

7 Spiritus asper.......
8 »
9 »
10 ,
ll,
12 =,

lenis. ....... asper faucalis . . .

asper fricatus . . . lenis fricatus ...

Gutturales modificatae
(palatales, &c.)
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14 » aspirata .....-
15 Media ...+-2- sees
16 .=C(«“(W
17 «.

aspirata......- Nasalis..-.--> lenis faucalis ....

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TRANSLITERATION OF ORIENTAL ALPHABETS,

p. 445

CONSONANTS

(continued).

MISSIONARY ALPHABET.
an eS eS |
I Class. | II Class. | III Class.

Sanskrit.

Zend.

Pehlevi.

Persian.

Arabic,

Hebrew.

Chinese.

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19 Spiritus asper ......

20
21
22

23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
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Dentales.

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aspirata. . assibilata .

aspirata. .

assibilata .. Nasalis. .. 0

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mollis 2. .

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p. 446

TRANSLITERATION OF ORIENTAL ALPHABETS

Dentales modificatae

(linguales, &c.)
38 Tenuis ....... ecco
39 ,, aspirata .......-
40 Media .. 2.2.2.0. 008
41 ,, aspirata........
42 Nasalis.. 2.2.2.2. 20%
43 Semivocalis .........
44 » fricata. .. 2...
45 » diacritica ....
46 Spiritus asper ........
47 2s

Labiales.
48 Tenuis .........66-
49 ,, aspirata .......
50 Media .....- cece
51 ,, ~=aspiratta...... .
52 Tenuissima.....-...-.-
53 Nasalis....0-0--e-20-s
54 Semivocalis .......-.
55 ’ ,, aspirata.....
56 Spiritus asper ......-.-
57 » lenis.....2.--
58 Anusvéra......2-006-
59 Visarga... eee sere

lenis. 2. 2 ee eee.

FOR THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST.

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—

VOWELS.

MISSIONARY ALPHABET.

I Class.

II Class.

III Class.

Sanskri Zend. Pehlevi. | Persian.

Arabic. | Hebrew. | Chinese.

1 Neutralis.........6-
2 Laryngo-palatalis ......
3 ,, Ilabialis .......
4 Gutturalis brevis. ......
5 ” longa .......
6 Palatalis brevis. .......
7 ” longa ........
8 Dentalis brevis. .......
9 » longa........
10 Lingualis brevis .......
11 ” longa .......
12 Labialis brevis ........
13 so longa ..+2....
14 Gutturo-palatalis brevis . . .
15 ” longa ...
16 Diphthongus gutturo-palatalis
17 3 »?

18 ” ” .
19 Gutturo-labialis brevis... »
20 » longa...
21 Diphthongus gutturo-labialis
22 ” ”
23 ey) ” ,
24 Gutturalis fracta.......
25 Palatalis fracta...... oe
26 Labialis fracta ....--+-

4 Gutturo-labialis fracta. .. +

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