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1Hang indicates successful progress and no error (in what it denotes). But the advantage will come from being firm and correct; and movement in any direction whatever will be advantageous. 1. The first line, divided, shows its subject deeply (desirous) of long continuance. Even with firm No influence, it is said, is so powerful and constant as that between husband and wife; and where these are young, it is especially active. Hence it is that Hsien is made up of Kan and Tui. All this is to me very doubtful. I can dimly apprehend why the whole line ( ) was assumed as the symbol of strength and authority, and the broken line as that of weakness and submission. Beyond this I cannot follow Ff-hsi in his formation of the trigrams; and still less can I assent to the more recent symbolism of them ascribed to king Wan. Coming now to the figure, and its lines, the subject is that of mutual influence; and the author teaches that that influence, correct in itself, and for correct ends, is sure to be effective. He gives an instance,—the case of a man marrying a young lady, the regulations for which have been laid down in China from the earliest times with great strictness and particularity. Such influence will be effective and fortunate. Line 1 is weak, and at the bottom of the hexagram. Though 4 be a proper correlate, yet the influence indicated by it must be ineffective. However much a man’s great toes may be moved, that will not enable him to walk. The calves cannot move of themselves. They follow the moving of the feet. The moving of them indicates too much anxiety to move. Line 2, moreover, is weak. But it is also the central line, and if its subject abide quiet, till he is acted on from above, there will be good fortune. Neither can the thighs move of themselves. The attempt to 126 THE yi KING. TEXT. correctness there will be evil; there will be no advantage in any way. 2. The second line, undivided, shows all occasion for repentance disappearing. 3. The third line, undivided, shows one who does not continuously maintain his virtue. There are those who will impute this to him as a disgrace. However firm he may be, there will be ground for regret. 4. The fourth line, undivided, shows a field where there is no game. 5. The fifth line, divided, shows its subject continuously maintaining the virtue indicated by it. In a wife this will be fortunate; in a husband, evil. 6. The topmost line, divided, shows its subject exciting himself to long continuance. There will be evil. move them is inauspicious. Its subject, however, the line being strong, and in an odd place, will wish to move, and follows the subject of 4, which is understood to be the seat of the mind. He exercises his influence therefore with a mind and purpose, which is not good.
2There will be evil. move them is inauspicious. Its subject, however, the line being strong, and in an odd place, will wish to move, and follows the subject of 4, which is understood to be the seat of the mind. He exercises his influence therefore with a mind and purpose, which is not good. Line 4 is strong, but in an even place. It is the seat of the mind. Its subject therefore is warned to be firm and correct in order to a good issue. If he be wavering and uncertain, his influence will not extend beyond the circle of his friends. The symbolism of line 5 refers to a part of the body behind the heart, and is supposed therefore to indicate an influence, ineffective indeed, but free from selfish motive, and not needing to be repented of. Line 6 is weak, and in an even place. It is the topmost line also of the trigram of satisfaction. Its influence by means of speech will only be that of loquacity and flattery, the evil of which needs not to be pointed out. XXXII. The subject of this hexagram may be given as perseverance in well doing, or in continuously acting out the law of one’s SECT. IT. THE THUN HEXAGRAM. 127 XXXIII. Tue Tuun Hexacram. Thun indicates successful progress (in its circumstances). To a small extent it will (still) be advantageous to be firm and correct. 1. The first line, divided, shows a retiring tail. The position is perilous. No movement in any direction should be made. being. The sixth Appendix makes it a sequel of the previous figure. As that treats, it is said, of the relation between husband and wife, so this treats of the continuous observance of their respective duties. Hsien, we saw, is made up of Kan, the symbol of the youngest son, and Tui, the symbol of the youngest daughter, attraction and influence between the sexes being strongest in youth. Hang consists of Sun, ‘the oldest daughter,’ and An, the oldest son. The couple are more staid. The wife occupies the lower place; and the relation between them is marked by her submission. This is sound doctrine, especially from a Chinese point of view ; but I doubt whether such application of his teaching was in the mind of king Wan. Given two parties, an inferior and superior in correlation. If both be continuously observant of what is correct, the inferior being also submissive, and the superior firm, good fortune and progress may be predicated of their course. Line 1 has a proper correlate in 4; but between them are two strong lines; and it is itself weak. These two conditions are against its subject receiving much help from the subject of 4. He should be quiet, and not forward for action. Line 2 is strong, but in the place of a weak line. Its position, however, being central, and its subject holding fast to the due mean, the unfavourable condition of an even place is more than counteracted. Line 3 is strong, and in its proper place; but being beyond the centre of the trigram, its subject is too strong, and coming under 128 THE yt KING. TEXT.
3Line 3 is strong, and in its proper place; but being beyond the centre of the trigram, its subject is too strong, and coming under 128 THE yt KING. TEXT. 2. The second line, divided, shows its subject holding (his purpose) fast as if by a (thong made from the) hide of a yellow ox, which cannot be broken. 3. The third line, undivided, shows one retiring but bound,—to his distress and peril. (If he were to deal with his binders as in) nourishing a servant or concubine, it would be fortunate for him. 4. The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject retiring notwithstanding his likings. In a superior man this will lead to good fortune; a small man cannot attain to this. 5. The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject retiring in an admirable way. With firm correctness there will be good fortune. 6. The sixth line, undivided, shows its subject retiring in a noble way. It will be advantageous in every respect. the attraction of his correlate in 6, he is supposed to be ready to abandon his place and virtue. He may try to be firm and correct, but circumstances are adverse to him. ' Line 4 is strong in the place of a weak line, and suggests the symbolism of the duke of au. The weak 5th line responds to the strong znd, and may be supposed to represent a wife conscious of her weakness, and docilely submissive ; which is good. A husband, however, and a man generally, has to assert himself, and lay down the rule of what is right. In line 6 the principle of perseverance has run its course; the motive power of X4n is exhausted. The line itself is weak. The violent efforts of its subject can only lead to evil. XXXIII. Thun is the hexagram of the sixth month; the yin influence is represented by two weak lines, and has made good its footing in the year. The figure thus suggested to king Wan the growth of small and unprincipled men in the state, before whose advance superior men were obliged to retire. This is the theme of his essay,—how, ‘ when small men multiply and increase in power, SECT. II. THE TA KWANG HEXAGRAM. 129 XXXIV. Tue TA Awanc HEeExaGRaM. Ta Kwang indicates that (under the conditions which it symbolises) it will be advantageous to be firm and correct. the necessity of the time requires superior men to withdraw before them.’ Yet the auspice of Thun is not all bad. By firm correctness the threatened evil may be arrested to a small extent. | ‘A retiring tail’ seems to suggest the idea of the subject of the lines hurrying away, which would only aggravate the evil and danger of the time. ‘His purpose’ in line 2 is the purpose to withdraw. The weak 2 responds correctly to the strong 5, and both are central. The purpose therefore is symbolled as in the text. The ‘yellow’ colour of the ox is introduced because of its being ‘correct,’ and of a piece with the central place of the line.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1Hang indicates successful progress and no error (in what it denotes). But the advantage will come from being firm and correct; and movement in any direction whatever will be advantageous. 1. The first line, divided, shows its subject deeply (desirous) of long continuance. Even with firm No influence, it is said, is so powerful and constant as that between husband and wife; and where these are young, it is especially active. Hence it is that Hsien is made up of Kan and Tui. All this is to me very doubtful. I can dimly apprehend why the whole line ( ) was assumed as the symbol of strength and authority, and the broken line as that of weakness and submission. Beyond this I cannot follow Ff-hsi in his formation of the trigrams; and still less can I assent to the more recent symbolism of them ascribed to king Wan. Coming now to the figure, and its lines, the subject is that of mutual influence; and the author teaches that that influence, correct in itself, and for correct ends, is sure to be effective. He gives an instance,—the case of a man marrying a young lady, the regulations for which have been laid down in China from the earliest times with great strictness and particularity. Such influence will be effective and fortunate. Line 1 is weak, and at the bottom of the hexagram. Though 4 be a proper correlate, yet the influence indicated by it must be ineffective. However much a man’s great toes may be moved, that will not enable him to walk. The calves cannot move of themselves. They follow the moving of the feet. The moving of them indicates too much anxiety to move. Line 2, moreover, is weak. But it is also the central line, and if its subject abide quiet, till he is acted on from above, there will be good fortune. Neither can the thighs move of themselves. The attempt to 126 THE yi KING. TEXT. correctness there will be evil; there will be no advantage in any way. 2. The second line, undivided, shows all occasion for repentance disappearing. 3. The third line, undivided, shows one who does not continuously maintain his virtue. There are those who will impute this to him as a disgrace. However firm he may be, there will be ground for regret. 4. The fourth line, undivided, shows a field where there is no game. 5. The fifth line, divided, shows its subject continuously maintaining the virtue indicated by it. In a wife this will be fortunate; in a husband, evil. 6. The topmost line, divided, shows its subject exciting himself to long continuance. There will be evil. move them is inauspicious. Its subject, however, the line being strong, and in an odd place, will wish to move, and follows the subject of 4, which is understood to be the seat of the mind. He exercises his influence therefore with a mind and purpose, which is not good.
2There will be evil. move them is inauspicious. Its subject, however, the line being strong, and in an odd place, will wish to move, and follows the subject of 4, which is understood to be the seat of the mind. He exercises his influence therefore with a mind and purpose, which is not good. Line 4 is strong, but in an even place. It is the seat of the mind. Its subject therefore is warned to be firm and correct in order to a good issue. If he be wavering and uncertain, his influence will not extend beyond the circle of his friends. The symbolism of line 5 refers to a part of the body behind the heart, and is supposed therefore to indicate an influence, ineffective indeed, but free from selfish motive, and not needing to be repented of. Line 6 is weak, and in an even place. It is the topmost line also of the trigram of satisfaction. Its influence by means of speech will only be that of loquacity and flattery, the evil of which needs not to be pointed out. XXXII. The subject of this hexagram may be given as perseverance in well doing, or in continuously acting out the law of one’s SECT. IT. THE THUN HEXAGRAM. 127 XXXIII. Tue Tuun Hexacram. Thun indicates successful progress (in its circumstances). To a small extent it will (still) be advantageous to be firm and correct. 1. The first line, divided, shows a retiring tail. The position is perilous. No movement in any direction should be made. being. The sixth Appendix makes it a sequel of the previous figure. As that treats, it is said, of the relation between husband and wife, so this treats of the continuous observance of their respective duties. Hsien, we saw, is made up of Kan, the symbol of the youngest son, and Tui, the symbol of the youngest daughter, attraction and influence between the sexes being strongest in youth. Hang consists of Sun, ‘the oldest daughter,’ and An, the oldest son. The couple are more staid. The wife occupies the lower place; and the relation between them is marked by her submission. This is sound doctrine, especially from a Chinese point of view ; but I doubt whether such application of his teaching was in the mind of king Wan. Given two parties, an inferior and superior in correlation. If both be continuously observant of what is correct, the inferior being also submissive, and the superior firm, good fortune and progress may be predicated of their course. Line 1 has a proper correlate in 4; but between them are two strong lines; and it is itself weak. These two conditions are against its subject receiving much help from the subject of 4. He should be quiet, and not forward for action. Line 2 is strong, but in the place of a weak line. Its position, however, being central, and its subject holding fast to the due mean, the unfavourable condition of an even place is more than counteracted. Line 3 is strong, and in its proper place; but being beyond the centre of the trigram, its subject is too strong, and coming under 128 THE yt KING. TEXT.
3Line 3 is strong, and in its proper place; but being beyond the centre of the trigram, its subject is too strong, and coming under 128 THE yt KING. TEXT. 2. The second line, divided, shows its subject holding (his purpose) fast as if by a (thong made from the) hide of a yellow ox, which cannot be broken. 3. The third line, undivided, shows one retiring but bound,—to his distress and peril. (If he were to deal with his binders as in) nourishing a servant or concubine, it would be fortunate for him. 4. The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject retiring notwithstanding his likings. In a superior man this will lead to good fortune; a small man cannot attain to this. 5. The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject retiring in an admirable way. With firm correctness there will be good fortune. 6. The sixth line, undivided, shows its subject retiring in a noble way. It will be advantageous in every respect. the attraction of his correlate in 6, he is supposed to be ready to abandon his place and virtue. He may try to be firm and correct, but circumstances are adverse to him. ' Line 4 is strong in the place of a weak line, and suggests the symbolism of the duke of au. The weak 5th line responds to the strong znd, and may be supposed to represent a wife conscious of her weakness, and docilely submissive ; which is good. A husband, however, and a man generally, has to assert himself, and lay down the rule of what is right. In line 6 the principle of perseverance has run its course; the motive power of X4n is exhausted. The line itself is weak. The violent efforts of its subject can only lead to evil. XXXIII. Thun is the hexagram of the sixth month; the yin influence is represented by two weak lines, and has made good its footing in the year. The figure thus suggested to king Wan the growth of small and unprincipled men in the state, before whose advance superior men were obliged to retire. This is the theme of his essay,—how, ‘ when small men multiply and increase in power, SECT. II. THE TA KWANG HEXAGRAM. 129 XXXIV. Tue TA Awanc HEeExaGRaM. Ta Kwang indicates that (under the conditions which it symbolises) it will be advantageous to be firm and correct. the necessity of the time requires superior men to withdraw before them.’ Yet the auspice of Thun is not all bad. By firm correctness the threatened evil may be arrested to a small extent. | ‘A retiring tail’ seems to suggest the idea of the subject of the lines hurrying away, which would only aggravate the evil and danger of the time. ‘His purpose’ in line 2 is the purpose to withdraw. The weak 2 responds correctly to the strong 5, and both are central. The purpose therefore is symbolled as in the text. The ‘yellow’ colour of the ox is introduced because of its being ‘correct,’ and of a piece with the central place of the line.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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