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13. When heaven and earth are freed (from the grasp of winter), we have thunder and rain. When these come, the buds of the plants and trees that produce the various fruits begin to burst. Great indeed are the phenomena in the time intimated by Kieh. are not all easily followed. It is said that the advantageousness of the south-west is due to the central line in 5; but if we are to look for the meaning of south-west in Khwin, as in the diagram of king Wan’s trigrams, there is no strong central line in it. May KhAn, as a yang trigram, be used for Khwian? XL. 1. The meaning of the hexagram is brought out sufficiently well in paragraph 1 by means of the attributes of the constituent trigrams. 2. How it is that the movement indicated in the first condition will ‘ win’ all does not immediately appear. The Khang-hst editors say that ‘moving to the south and west’ is the same as ‘returning back to the old conditions,’ and that ‘winning all’ and acting ‘according to the due medium’ are descriptive of the effect and method without reference to the symbolism. Another explanation might be devised ; but I prefer to leave the matter in doubt. 3. Paragraph 3 shows the analogy of what takes place in nature to the beneficent social and political changes described in the text, as is done very frequently in this Appendix. 246 THE APPENDIXES. SECT. Il. XLI. 1. In Sun (we see) the lower (trigram) diminished, and the upper added to. (But) the method (of action) implied in this operates also above (or, mounts upwards (also) and operates). 2. ‘If there be sincerity in this method of diminution, there will be great good fortune; freedom from error; firmness and correctness that can be maintained; and advantage in every movement that shall be made. In what shall this (sincerity in the exercise of Sun) be employed? (Even) in sacrifice, two baskets of grain, (though there be nothing else), may be presented:’—for these two baskets there ought to be the fitting time. There is a time when the strong should be diminished, and the weak should be strengthened. Diminution and increase, overflowing and emptiness :—these take place in harmony with the conditions of the time. XLL. 1. All that we see is two undivided lines in the lower trigram, and then a divided one, and exactly the opposite in the upper. But the whole figure could not but have this form from the process of its formation, whether by the gradual addition of the two primitive lines, or by the imposition of the whole trigrams on one another. To say that the upper lines of Kien and Khwan changed places to express the idea of subjects contributing in taxes to the maintenance of their ruler is absurd; and if that thought were in the mind of king W&n (which I very much doubt), it would only show how he projected his own idea, formed independently of the figure, into its lines.
2On the second sentence, the Khang-hst editors say:—‘ When a minister devotes his life in the service of his lord, or the people undertake their various labours in behalf of their government, these are instances of the ministering of those below to increase those above. But in this way the intercourse of the two becomes close and their aims become the same ;—does not the method of action of those below communicate itself to those above ?’ In paragraph 2 the subject of contribution, such as the payment of HEX, 42. - APPENDIX 1. 247 XLII. 1. In Yt we see the upper (trigram) diminished, and the lower added to. The satisfaction of the people (in consequence of this) is without limit. What descends from above reaches to all below, so great and brilliant is the course (of its operation). 2. That ‘there will be advantage in every movement which shall be undertaken’ appears from the central and correct (positions of the second and fifth lines), and the (general) blessing (the dispensing of which they imply). That ‘it will be advantageous (even) to cross the great stream’ appears from the action of wood (shown in the figure). 3. Yt is made up- of (the trigrams expressive of) movement and docility, (through which) there is daily advancement to an unlimited extent. We have (also) in it heaven dispensing and earth producing, leading to an increase without restriction taxes, passes into the background. The Khang-hsf editors say :— ‘What is meant by diminishing in this hexagram is the regulation of expenditure or contribution according to the time. This would vary in a family according to its poverty or wealth; and in a state according to the abundance or scantiness of its resources. When it is said that there must be sincerity along with a diminution, it means that though such a diminution cannot be helped, yet what is given should be given sincerely. A small sacrifice sincerely offered is accepted. In the language, “There is a time when the strong should be diminished and the weak be strengthened,” we are not to find the two baskets in the diminution of the strong. “The strong” is what is essential,—in this case sincerity; ‘‘ The weak” is what is unimportant,—the amount and manner of the offering. If one supplement the insufficiency of his offering with the abundance of his sincerity, the insignificance of his two baskets will not be despised.’ 248 THE APPENDIXES, SECT. II. of place. Everything in the method of this increase proceeds according to the requirements of the time. XLII. 1. The process of the formation of the trigrams here is the reverse of that in the preceding hexagram; and is open to the remarks I have made on that. Of course the people are full of complacency and pleasure in the labours of their ruler for their good.
3XLII. 1. The process of the formation of the trigrams here is the reverse of that in the preceding hexagram; and is open to the remarks I have made on that. Of course the people are full of complacency and pleasure in the labours of their ruler for their good. 2. The mention of ‘the action of wood’ has reference to the upper trigram Sun, which is the symbol both of wind and wood. From wood boats and ships are made, on which the great stream may be crossed. In three hexagrams, this, 59,and 61, of which Sun is a part, we find mention made of crossing the great stream. It is generally said that the lower trigram Aan also symbolises wood; but that is obtained by a roundabout process. &n occupies the place of the east in. Wan’s arrangement of the trigrams ; but the east symbolises spring, when the growth of vegetation begins ; and therefore Xin may symbolise wood! It was stated on p. 33, that the doctrine of ‘the five elements’ does not appear in the Yi. K&ng-3ze takes wood (x mf), ‘as a misprint for increase (Fe yi)- 3. The words ‘heaven dispensing and earth producing’ are based on the fancied genesis of the figure from Ahien and Khwan ( ==), the first lines in each changing places. It was the author of this Appendix, probably, who first introduced that absurd notion in connexion with the formation of Sun and Yf. One rhyme runs through and connects these three paragraphs thus :— ‘Yi spoils the high, gives to the low; The people feel intense delight. Down from above to all below, The blessing goes, so large and bright. Success will every movement mark, Central its source, its course aright. The great stream even may be crossed, When planks of wood their strength unite. Yi movement shows and docile feet, Which progress day by day invite. Heaven gives; productive earth responds ; Increase crowns every vale and height; HEX, 43. APPENDIX I. 249 XLIII. 1. Kw4i is the symbol of displacing or removing. We see (in the figure) the strong (lines) displacing the weak. (We have in it the attributes of) strength and complacency. There is displacement, but harmony (continues). 2. ‘The exhibition (of the criminal’s guilt) in the royal courtyard’ is suggested by the (one) weak (line) mounted on the five strong lines. There ‘is an earnest and sincere appeal (for sympathy and support), and‘a consciousness of the peril (involved in the undertaking) :’'—it is the realisation of this danger, which makes the method (of compassing the object) brilliant. ‘He should make an announcement in his own city, and show that it will not be well to have recourse at once to arms :'—(if he have recourse to arms), what he prefers will (soon) be exhausted. ‘There will be advantage in whatever he shall go forward to:-—when the growth of the strong (lines) has been completed, there will be an end (of the displacement). And ceaselessly it hastens on, Each season’s gifts quick to requite.’
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.
13. When heaven and earth are freed (from the grasp of winter), we have thunder and rain. When these come, the buds of the plants and trees that produce the various fruits begin to burst. Great indeed are the phenomena in the time intimated by Kieh. are not all easily followed. It is said that the advantageousness of the south-west is due to the central line in 5; but if we are to look for the meaning of south-west in Khwin, as in the diagram of king Wan’s trigrams, there is no strong central line in it. May KhAn, as a yang trigram, be used for Khwian? XL. 1. The meaning of the hexagram is brought out sufficiently well in paragraph 1 by means of the attributes of the constituent trigrams. 2. How it is that the movement indicated in the first condition will ‘ win’ all does not immediately appear. The Khang-hst editors say that ‘moving to the south and west’ is the same as ‘returning back to the old conditions,’ and that ‘winning all’ and acting ‘according to the due medium’ are descriptive of the effect and method without reference to the symbolism. Another explanation might be devised ; but I prefer to leave the matter in doubt. 3. Paragraph 3 shows the analogy of what takes place in nature to the beneficent social and political changes described in the text, as is done very frequently in this Appendix. 246 THE APPENDIXES. SECT. Il. XLI. 1. In Sun (we see) the lower (trigram) diminished, and the upper added to. (But) the method (of action) implied in this operates also above (or, mounts upwards (also) and operates). 2. ‘If there be sincerity in this method of diminution, there will be great good fortune; freedom from error; firmness and correctness that can be maintained; and advantage in every movement that shall be made. In what shall this (sincerity in the exercise of Sun) be employed? (Even) in sacrifice, two baskets of grain, (though there be nothing else), may be presented:’—for these two baskets there ought to be the fitting time. There is a time when the strong should be diminished, and the weak should be strengthened. Diminution and increase, overflowing and emptiness :—these take place in harmony with the conditions of the time. XLL. 1. All that we see is two undivided lines in the lower trigram, and then a divided one, and exactly the opposite in the upper. But the whole figure could not but have this form from the process of its formation, whether by the gradual addition of the two primitive lines, or by the imposition of the whole trigrams on one another. To say that the upper lines of Kien and Khwan changed places to express the idea of subjects contributing in taxes to the maintenance of their ruler is absurd; and if that thought were in the mind of king W&n (which I very much doubt), it would only show how he projected his own idea, formed independently of the figure, into its lines.
2On the second sentence, the Khang-hst editors say:—‘ When a minister devotes his life in the service of his lord, or the people undertake their various labours in behalf of their government, these are instances of the ministering of those below to increase those above. But in this way the intercourse of the two becomes close and their aims become the same ;—does not the method of action of those below communicate itself to those above ?’ In paragraph 2 the subject of contribution, such as the payment of HEX, 42. - APPENDIX 1. 247 XLII. 1. In Yt we see the upper (trigram) diminished, and the lower added to. The satisfaction of the people (in consequence of this) is without limit. What descends from above reaches to all below, so great and brilliant is the course (of its operation). 2. That ‘there will be advantage in every movement which shall be undertaken’ appears from the central and correct (positions of the second and fifth lines), and the (general) blessing (the dispensing of which they imply). That ‘it will be advantageous (even) to cross the great stream’ appears from the action of wood (shown in the figure). 3. Yt is made up- of (the trigrams expressive of) movement and docility, (through which) there is daily advancement to an unlimited extent. We have (also) in it heaven dispensing and earth producing, leading to an increase without restriction taxes, passes into the background. The Khang-hsf editors say :— ‘What is meant by diminishing in this hexagram is the regulation of expenditure or contribution according to the time. This would vary in a family according to its poverty or wealth; and in a state according to the abundance or scantiness of its resources. When it is said that there must be sincerity along with a diminution, it means that though such a diminution cannot be helped, yet what is given should be given sincerely. A small sacrifice sincerely offered is accepted. In the language, “There is a time when the strong should be diminished and the weak be strengthened,” we are not to find the two baskets in the diminution of the strong. “The strong” is what is essential,—in this case sincerity; ‘‘ The weak” is what is unimportant,—the amount and manner of the offering. If one supplement the insufficiency of his offering with the abundance of his sincerity, the insignificance of his two baskets will not be despised.’ 248 THE APPENDIXES, SECT. II. of place. Everything in the method of this increase proceeds according to the requirements of the time. XLII. 1. The process of the formation of the trigrams here is the reverse of that in the preceding hexagram; and is open to the remarks I have made on that. Of course the people are full of complacency and pleasure in the labours of their ruler for their good.
3XLII. 1. The process of the formation of the trigrams here is the reverse of that in the preceding hexagram; and is open to the remarks I have made on that. Of course the people are full of complacency and pleasure in the labours of their ruler for their good. 2. The mention of ‘the action of wood’ has reference to the upper trigram Sun, which is the symbol both of wind and wood. From wood boats and ships are made, on which the great stream may be crossed. In three hexagrams, this, 59,and 61, of which Sun is a part, we find mention made of crossing the great stream. It is generally said that the lower trigram Aan also symbolises wood; but that is obtained by a roundabout process. &n occupies the place of the east in. Wan’s arrangement of the trigrams ; but the east symbolises spring, when the growth of vegetation begins ; and therefore Xin may symbolise wood! It was stated on p. 33, that the doctrine of ‘the five elements’ does not appear in the Yi. K&ng-3ze takes wood (x mf), ‘as a misprint for increase (Fe yi)- 3. The words ‘heaven dispensing and earth producing’ are based on the fancied genesis of the figure from Ahien and Khwan ( ==), the first lines in each changing places. It was the author of this Appendix, probably, who first introduced that absurd notion in connexion with the formation of Sun and Yf. One rhyme runs through and connects these three paragraphs thus :— ‘Yi spoils the high, gives to the low; The people feel intense delight. Down from above to all below, The blessing goes, so large and bright. Success will every movement mark, Central its source, its course aright. The great stream even may be crossed, When planks of wood their strength unite. Yi movement shows and docile feet, Which progress day by day invite. Heaven gives; productive earth responds ; Increase crowns every vale and height; HEX, 43. APPENDIX I. 249 XLIII. 1. Kw4i is the symbol of displacing or removing. We see (in the figure) the strong (lines) displacing the weak. (We have in it the attributes of) strength and complacency. There is displacement, but harmony (continues). 2. ‘The exhibition (of the criminal’s guilt) in the royal courtyard’ is suggested by the (one) weak (line) mounted on the five strong lines. There ‘is an earnest and sincere appeal (for sympathy and support), and‘a consciousness of the peril (involved in the undertaking) :’'—it is the realisation of this danger, which makes the method (of compassing the object) brilliant. ‘He should make an announcement in his own city, and show that it will not be well to have recourse at once to arms :'—(if he have recourse to arms), what he prefers will (soon) be exhausted. ‘There will be advantage in whatever he shall go forward to:-—when the growth of the strong (lines) has been completed, there will be an end (of the displacement). And ceaselessly it hastens on, Each season’s gifts quick to requite.’
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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