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1Line 2 is strong, and central, and its subject is possessed with the determination to do his part in the work of removal. But his - eagerness is tempered by his occupancy of an even place; and he is cautious, and no attempts, however artful, to harm him will take effect. Line 3 is strong, and its subject displays his purpose too eagerly. Being beyond the central position, moreover, gives an indication of evil. Lines 3 and 6 are also proper correlates; and, as elsewhere in the Yi, the meeting of yin and yang lines is associated with falling rain. The subject of 3, therefore, communicates with 6, in a way that annoys his associates ; but nevertheless he commits no error, and, in the end, incurs no blame. Line 4 is not in the centre, nor in an odd place, appropriate to it as undivided. Its subject therefore will not be at rest, nor able to do anything to accomplish the idea of the hexagram. He is symbolised by a culprit, who, according to the ancient and modern custom of Chinese courts, has been bastinadoed till he presents the appearance in the Text. Alone he can do nothing; if he could follow others, like a sheep led along, he might accomplish something, but he will not listen to advice. Purslain grows in shady places, and hence we find it here in close contiguity to the topmost line, which is yin. As 5 is the ruler’s seat, evil may come to him from such contiguity, and strenuous efforts must be made to prevent such an evil. The subject of the line, the ruler in the central place, will commit no error. It must be allowed that the symbolism in this line is not easily managed. The subject of the 6th line, standing alone, may be easily disposed of. SECT. II. THE KAU HEXAGRAM. 155 1. The first line, divided, shows how its subject should be kept (like a carriage) tied and fastened to a metal drag, in which case with firm correctness there will be good fortune. (But) if he move in any direction, evil will appear. He will be (like) a lean pig, which is sure to keep jumping about. 2. The second line, undivided, shows its subject with a wallet of fish. There will be no error. But it will not be well to let (the subject of the first line) go forward to the guests. 3. The third line, undivided, shows one from whose buttocks the skin has been stripped so that he walks with difficulty. The position is perilous, but there will be no great error. 4. The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject with his wallet, but no fish in it. This will give rise to evil. 5. The fifth line, undivided, (shows its subject as) a medlar tree overspreading the gourd (beneath it). If he keep his brilliant qualities concealed, (a good issue) will descend (as) from Heaven. 6. The sixth line, undivided, shows its subject receiving others on his horns. There will be occasion for regret, but there will be no error.
2If he keep his brilliant qualities concealed, (a good issue) will descend (as) from Heaven. 6. The sixth line, undivided, shows its subject receiving others on his horns. There will be occasion for regret, but there will be no error. XLIV. The single, divided, line at the top of Kw4i, the hexagram of the third month, has been displaced, and Kien has ruled over the fourth month of the year. But the innings of the divided line commence again; and here we have in K4u the hexagram of the fifth month, when light and heat are supposed both to begin to be less. In that divided line Win saw the symbol of the small or unworthy man, beginning to insinuate himself into the government 156 THE Yf KING. TEXT. XLV. Tue 3Hu1 Hexacram. In (the state denoted by) 3hui, the king will repair to his ancestral temple. It will be advan- of the country. His influence, if unchecked, would go on to grow, and he would displace one good man after another, and fill the vacant seats with others like-minded with himself. The object of Wan in his Thwan, therefore, was to enjoin resistance to the encroachment of this bad man. K4u is defined as giving the idea of suddenly and casually encountering or meeting with. So does the divided line appear all at once in the figure. And this significance of the name rules in the interpretation of the lines, so as to set on one side the more common interpretation of them according to the correlation ; showing how the meaning of the figures was put into them from the minds of Wan and Tan in the first place. The sentiments of the Text are not learned from them; but they are forced and twisted, often fantastically, and made to appear to give those sentiments forth of themselves. Here the first line, divided, where it ought to be the contrary, becomes the symbol of a bold, bad woman, who appears unexpectedly on the scene, and wishes to subdue or win all the five strong lines to herself. No one would contract a marriage with such a female ; and every good servant of his country will try to repel the entrance into the government of every officer who can be so symbolised. Line 1 represents the béte noire of the figure. If its subject can be kept back, the method of firm government and order will proceed. If he cannot be restrained, he will become disgusting and dangerous. It is not enough for the carriage to be stopt by the metal drag; it is also tied or bound to some steadfast object. Internal and external restraints should be opposed to the bad man. The ‘wallet of fish’ under line 2 is supposed to symbolise the SECT. I. THE 3HUI HEXAGRAM. 157 tageous (also) to meet with the great man; and then there will be progress and success, though the advantage must come through firm correctness. The use of great victims will conduce to good fortune; and in whatever direction movement is made, it will be advantageous.
3I. THE 3HUI HEXAGRAM. 157 tageous (also) to meet with the great man; and then there will be progress and success, though the advantage must come through firm correctness. The use of great victims will conduce to good fortune; and in whatever direction movement is made, it will be advantageous. 1. The first line, divided, shows its subject with a sincere desire (for union), but unable to carry it out, so that disorder is brought into the sphere of his union. If he cry out (for help to his proper correlate), all at once (his tears) will give place subject ofline 1. It has come into the possession of the subject of 2, by virtue of the meaning of the name K 4u, which I have pointed out. With his strength therefore he can repress the advance of 1. He becomes in fact ‘the lord of the hexagram,’ and all the other strong lines are merely guests; and especially is it important that he should prevent 1 from approaching them. This is a common explanation of what is said under this second line. It seems farfetched ; but I can neither find nor devise anything better. With what is said on line 3, compare the fourth paragraph of the duke’s Text on the preceding hexagram. Line 3 is strong, but has gone beyond the central place; has no correlate above ; and is cut off from 1 by the intervening 2. It cannot do much therefore against 1; but its aim being to repress that, there will be no great error. Line 1 is the proper correlate of 4; but it has already met and asséciated with 2. The subject of 4 therefore stands alone; and evil to him may be looked for. Line 5 is strong, and in the ruler’s place. Its relation to 1 is like that of a forest tree to the spreading gourd. But let not its subject use force to destroy or repress the growth of 1; but let him restrain himself and keep his excellence concealed, and Heaven will set its seal to his virtue. The symbolism of line 6 is difficult to understand, though the meaning of what is said is pretty clear. The Khang-hsi editors observe :—‘ The subject of this line is like an officer who has withdrawn from the world. He can accomplish no service for the time ; but his person is removed from the workers of disorder.’ 158 THE Yi KING. TEXT. to smiles. He need not mind (the temporary difficulty); as he goes forward, there will be no error. 2. The second line, divided, shows its subject led forward (by his correlate). There will be good fortune, and freedom from error. There is entire sincerity, and in that case (even the small offerings of) the vernal sacrifice are acceptable. 3. The third line, divided, shows its subject striving after union and seeming to sigh, yet nowhere finding any advantage. If he go forward, he will not err, though there may be some small cause for regret. 4. The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject in such a state that, if he be greatly fortunate, he will receive no blame.
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.
1Line 2 is strong, and central, and its subject is possessed with the determination to do his part in the work of removal. But his - eagerness is tempered by his occupancy of an even place; and he is cautious, and no attempts, however artful, to harm him will take effect. Line 3 is strong, and its subject displays his purpose too eagerly. Being beyond the central position, moreover, gives an indication of evil. Lines 3 and 6 are also proper correlates; and, as elsewhere in the Yi, the meeting of yin and yang lines is associated with falling rain. The subject of 3, therefore, communicates with 6, in a way that annoys his associates ; but nevertheless he commits no error, and, in the end, incurs no blame. Line 4 is not in the centre, nor in an odd place, appropriate to it as undivided. Its subject therefore will not be at rest, nor able to do anything to accomplish the idea of the hexagram. He is symbolised by a culprit, who, according to the ancient and modern custom of Chinese courts, has been bastinadoed till he presents the appearance in the Text. Alone he can do nothing; if he could follow others, like a sheep led along, he might accomplish something, but he will not listen to advice. Purslain grows in shady places, and hence we find it here in close contiguity to the topmost line, which is yin. As 5 is the ruler’s seat, evil may come to him from such contiguity, and strenuous efforts must be made to prevent such an evil. The subject of the line, the ruler in the central place, will commit no error. It must be allowed that the symbolism in this line is not easily managed. The subject of the 6th line, standing alone, may be easily disposed of. SECT. II. THE KAU HEXAGRAM. 155 1. The first line, divided, shows how its subject should be kept (like a carriage) tied and fastened to a metal drag, in which case with firm correctness there will be good fortune. (But) if he move in any direction, evil will appear. He will be (like) a lean pig, which is sure to keep jumping about. 2. The second line, undivided, shows its subject with a wallet of fish. There will be no error. But it will not be well to let (the subject of the first line) go forward to the guests. 3. The third line, undivided, shows one from whose buttocks the skin has been stripped so that he walks with difficulty. The position is perilous, but there will be no great error. 4. The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject with his wallet, but no fish in it. This will give rise to evil. 5. The fifth line, undivided, (shows its subject as) a medlar tree overspreading the gourd (beneath it). If he keep his brilliant qualities concealed, (a good issue) will descend (as) from Heaven. 6. The sixth line, undivided, shows its subject receiving others on his horns. There will be occasion for regret, but there will be no error.
2If he keep his brilliant qualities concealed, (a good issue) will descend (as) from Heaven. 6. The sixth line, undivided, shows its subject receiving others on his horns. There will be occasion for regret, but there will be no error. XLIV. The single, divided, line at the top of Kw4i, the hexagram of the third month, has been displaced, and Kien has ruled over the fourth month of the year. But the innings of the divided line commence again; and here we have in K4u the hexagram of the fifth month, when light and heat are supposed both to begin to be less. In that divided line Win saw the symbol of the small or unworthy man, beginning to insinuate himself into the government 156 THE Yf KING. TEXT. XLV. Tue 3Hu1 Hexacram. In (the state denoted by) 3hui, the king will repair to his ancestral temple. It will be advan- of the country. His influence, if unchecked, would go on to grow, and he would displace one good man after another, and fill the vacant seats with others like-minded with himself. The object of Wan in his Thwan, therefore, was to enjoin resistance to the encroachment of this bad man. K4u is defined as giving the idea of suddenly and casually encountering or meeting with. So does the divided line appear all at once in the figure. And this significance of the name rules in the interpretation of the lines, so as to set on one side the more common interpretation of them according to the correlation ; showing how the meaning of the figures was put into them from the minds of Wan and Tan in the first place. The sentiments of the Text are not learned from them; but they are forced and twisted, often fantastically, and made to appear to give those sentiments forth of themselves. Here the first line, divided, where it ought to be the contrary, becomes the symbol of a bold, bad woman, who appears unexpectedly on the scene, and wishes to subdue or win all the five strong lines to herself. No one would contract a marriage with such a female ; and every good servant of his country will try to repel the entrance into the government of every officer who can be so symbolised. Line 1 represents the béte noire of the figure. If its subject can be kept back, the method of firm government and order will proceed. If he cannot be restrained, he will become disgusting and dangerous. It is not enough for the carriage to be stopt by the metal drag; it is also tied or bound to some steadfast object. Internal and external restraints should be opposed to the bad man. The ‘wallet of fish’ under line 2 is supposed to symbolise the SECT. I. THE 3HUI HEXAGRAM. 157 tageous (also) to meet with the great man; and then there will be progress and success, though the advantage must come through firm correctness. The use of great victims will conduce to good fortune; and in whatever direction movement is made, it will be advantageous.
3I. THE 3HUI HEXAGRAM. 157 tageous (also) to meet with the great man; and then there will be progress and success, though the advantage must come through firm correctness. The use of great victims will conduce to good fortune; and in whatever direction movement is made, it will be advantageous. 1. The first line, divided, shows its subject with a sincere desire (for union), but unable to carry it out, so that disorder is brought into the sphere of his union. If he cry out (for help to his proper correlate), all at once (his tears) will give place subject ofline 1. It has come into the possession of the subject of 2, by virtue of the meaning of the name K 4u, which I have pointed out. With his strength therefore he can repress the advance of 1. He becomes in fact ‘the lord of the hexagram,’ and all the other strong lines are merely guests; and especially is it important that he should prevent 1 from approaching them. This is a common explanation of what is said under this second line. It seems farfetched ; but I can neither find nor devise anything better. With what is said on line 3, compare the fourth paragraph of the duke’s Text on the preceding hexagram. Line 3 is strong, but has gone beyond the central place; has no correlate above ; and is cut off from 1 by the intervening 2. It cannot do much therefore against 1; but its aim being to repress that, there will be no great error. Line 1 is the proper correlate of 4; but it has already met and asséciated with 2. The subject of 4 therefore stands alone; and evil to him may be looked for. Line 5 is strong, and in the ruler’s place. Its relation to 1 is like that of a forest tree to the spreading gourd. But let not its subject use force to destroy or repress the growth of 1; but let him restrain himself and keep his excellence concealed, and Heaven will set its seal to his virtue. The symbolism of line 6 is difficult to understand, though the meaning of what is said is pretty clear. The Khang-hsi editors observe :—‘ The subject of this line is like an officer who has withdrawn from the world. He can accomplish no service for the time ; but his person is removed from the workers of disorder.’ 158 THE Yi KING. TEXT. to smiles. He need not mind (the temporary difficulty); as he goes forward, there will be no error. 2. The second line, divided, shows its subject led forward (by his correlate). There will be good fortune, and freedom from error. There is entire sincerity, and in that case (even the small offerings of) the vernal sacrifice are acceptable. 3. The third line, divided, shows its subject striving after union and seeming to sigh, yet nowhere finding any advantage. If he go forward, he will not err, though there may be some small cause for regret. 4. The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject in such a state that, if he be greatly fortunate, he will receive no blame.
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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