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16. ‘The representative of penetration is beneath a couch :'—though occupying the topmost place, his powers are exhausted. ‘He has lost the axe with which he executed his decisions :'-—though he try to be correct, there will be evil. LVII. I have said on the Thwan that some commentators make the upper trigram symbolical of the ordinances of the ruler and the lower symbolical of the obedience of the people. E.g., KAang-jze says :— Superiors, in harmony with the duty of inferiors, issue their commands; inferiors, in harmony with the wishes of their superiors, follow them. Above and below there are that harmony and deference; and this is the significance of the redoubled Sun. When governmental commands and business are in accordance with what is right, they agree with the tendencies of the minds of the people who follow them.’ Paragraph 2 seems to say that the sincerity of purpose indicated by the central position of the second line conducts its subject to the right course, despite the many considerations that might distract him. ‘ The willis exhausted’ in paragraph 3 intimates that ‘the repeated efforts’ made by its subject have exhausted him. He can now only regret his failures. Z2 340 THE APPENDIXES. SECT. If. LVIII. (Two symbols representing) the waters of a marsh, one over the other, form Tui. The superior man, in accordance with this, (encourages) the conversation of friends and (the stimulus of) their (common) practice. 1. ‘The good fortune attached to the pleasure of (inward) harmony’ arises from there being nothing in the conduct (of the subject of the line) to awaken doubt. 2. ‘The good fortune attached to the pleasure arising from (inward sincerity)’ is due to the confidence felt in the object (of the subject of the line). 3. ‘The evil predicated of one’s bringing around himself whatever can give pleasure’ is shown by the inappropriateness of the place (of the line). 4. ‘The joy in connexion with (the subject of) the fourth line, undivided,’ is due to the happiness (which he will produce). 5. ‘He trusts in one who would injure him :’-— his place is that which is correct and appropriate. 6. ‘The topmost line, divided, shows the pleasure (of its subject) in leading and attracting others :’-— his (virtue) is not yet brilliant. What is said in paragraph 6 proceeds on a different view of the Text from that which I have followed. LVIII. The application of the Great Symbolism here will recall to many readers the Hebrew maxims in Proverbs xxvii. 17,19. The sentiment of it, however, does not readily fit in to the teaching of the hexagram as set forth in the Text. There is nothing in the conduct of the subject of line 1 to awaken suspicion. He has as yet taken no action; but it was not necessary to say anything like this about the subject of line 2, his central position being an assurance that he would never do anything of a doubtful character. HEX. 59. APPENDIX II. 341
2He has as yet taken no action; but it was not necessary to say anything like this about the subject of line 2, his central position being an assurance that he would never do anything of a doubtful character. HEX. 59. APPENDIX II. 341 LIX. (The trigram representing) water and that for wind moving above the water form H wan. The ancient kings, in accordance with this, presented offerings to God and established the ancestral temple. 1. ‘The good fortune attached to the first line, divided,’ is due to the natural course (pursued by its subject). 2. ‘Amidst the prevailing dispersion, he hurries to his contrivance (for security) :'—he gets what he desires. 3. ‘He has no regard to his own person :’—his aim is directed to what is external to himself. 4. ‘He scatters the (different) parties (in the state), and there is great good fortune :'—brilliant and great (are his virtue and service). 5. ‘The accumulations of the royal (granaries) are ‘dispersed, and there is no error:’—this is due to the correctness of the position. 6. ‘His bloody wounds are gone:’—he is far removed from the danger of injury. Line 3 should be strong, and the desire of pleasure which is the idea of the hexagram leads its weak subject to the course which is so emphatically condemned. Paragraph 5 is incomplete. Does the correctness and appropriateness of the position of the subject of the line afford any explanation of his trusting the subject of the weak line above, who would only injure him? It ought to keep him on the contrary from doing so. The commentators have seen this, and say that the paragraph is intended by way of caution. The action of the hexagram should culminate and end in line 5. But the subject of it has not made brilliant attainment in the firmness and correctness by which the love of pleasure should be controlled. LIX. The ‘in accordance with this’ must be equivalent to—<‘ to remedy the state of things thus symbolised.’ What follows certainly 342 THE APPENDIXES. SECT. II. LX. (The trigram representing) a lake, and above it that for water, form Kieh. The superior man, in accordance with this, constructs his (methods of) numbering and measurement, and discusses (points of) virtue and conduct. 1. ‘He does not quit the courtyard outside his door :—he knows when he has free course and when he is obstructed. 2. ‘He does not quit the courtyard inside his gate. There will be evil:’—he loses the time (for action) to an extreme degree. 3. In ‘the lamentation for not observing the (proper) regulations,’ who should there be to blame ? 4. ‘The progress and success of the quiet and natural (attention) to all regulations’ is due to the deference which accepts the ways of (the ruler) above. 5. ‘The good fortune arising from the regulations enacted sweetly and acceptably’ is due to (the line)
34. ‘The progress and success of the quiet and natural (attention) to all regulations’ is due to the deference which accepts the ways of (the ruler) above. 5. ‘The good fortune arising from the regulations enacted sweetly and acceptably’ is due to (the line) amounts to this, that the ancient kings considered the services of religion, sincerely and earnestly attended to, as calculated to counteract the tendency to mutual alienation and selfishness in the minds of men. How they operated to have this beneficial effect we are not told. Nor is it easy to account for the extension of what is said in the Text about the establishment of the ancestral temple to the presentation also of offerings to God. Probably the writer had the same idea in his mind as in the Great Symbolism of hexagram 16, q.v. ‘The natural course’ pursued by the subject of line x is, probably, that required by the time. ‘What the subject of line 2 desired’ would be his success in counteracting the prevailing tendency to disunion. The view given of paragraph 5 is that propounded by A( Hsi. For paragraph 6 see the note on line 6 under the Text. HEX. 61. APPENDIX II. 343 occupying the place (of authority) and being in the centre. 6. ‘The regulations are severe and difficult. Even with firm correctness there will be evil :'-—the course (indicated by the hexagram) is come to an end. LXI. (The trigram representing the waters of) a marsh and that for wind above it form Kung F 0. The superior man, in accordance with this, deliberates about cases of litigation and delays (the infliction of) death. 1. ‘The first line, undivided, shows its subject resting (in himself). There will be good fortune :’"— no change has yet come over his purpose. 2. ‘Her young ones respond to her :'—from the (common) wish of the inmost heart. 3. ‘Now he beats his drum, and now he leaves off:’'—the position (of the line) is the appropriate one for it. LX. Various explanations of the Great Symbolism have been attempted. E.g., KA’ng-3ze says:—‘ The water which a lake or marsh will contain is limited to a certain quantity. If the water flowing in exceed that, it overflows. This gives us the idea of Kieh.’ What is found on the application of it is to my mind equally unsatisfactory. The subject of line 1 knows when he might have free course and when he is obstructed, and acts accordingly. He is regulated by a consideration of the time. The subject of line 1 ought not to act, and he is still. The subject of line 2 ought to act, and he also is still. The error and the effect of it are great. The subject of line 3 shows by his lamentation how he blames himself. The other three paragraphs are sufficiently explained in what is said on the Text. 344 THE APPENDIXES. SECT. IT. 4. ‘A horse the fellow of which disappears :'-— he breaks from his (former) companions, and mounts upwards.
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
16. ‘The representative of penetration is beneath a couch :'—though occupying the topmost place, his powers are exhausted. ‘He has lost the axe with which he executed his decisions :'-—though he try to be correct, there will be evil. LVII. I have said on the Thwan that some commentators make the upper trigram symbolical of the ordinances of the ruler and the lower symbolical of the obedience of the people. E.g., KAang-jze says :— Superiors, in harmony with the duty of inferiors, issue their commands; inferiors, in harmony with the wishes of their superiors, follow them. Above and below there are that harmony and deference; and this is the significance of the redoubled Sun. When governmental commands and business are in accordance with what is right, they agree with the tendencies of the minds of the people who follow them.’ Paragraph 2 seems to say that the sincerity of purpose indicated by the central position of the second line conducts its subject to the right course, despite the many considerations that might distract him. ‘ The willis exhausted’ in paragraph 3 intimates that ‘the repeated efforts’ made by its subject have exhausted him. He can now only regret his failures. Z2 340 THE APPENDIXES. SECT. If. LVIII. (Two symbols representing) the waters of a marsh, one over the other, form Tui. The superior man, in accordance with this, (encourages) the conversation of friends and (the stimulus of) their (common) practice. 1. ‘The good fortune attached to the pleasure of (inward) harmony’ arises from there being nothing in the conduct (of the subject of the line) to awaken doubt. 2. ‘The good fortune attached to the pleasure arising from (inward sincerity)’ is due to the confidence felt in the object (of the subject of the line). 3. ‘The evil predicated of one’s bringing around himself whatever can give pleasure’ is shown by the inappropriateness of the place (of the line). 4. ‘The joy in connexion with (the subject of) the fourth line, undivided,’ is due to the happiness (which he will produce). 5. ‘He trusts in one who would injure him :’-— his place is that which is correct and appropriate. 6. ‘The topmost line, divided, shows the pleasure (of its subject) in leading and attracting others :’-— his (virtue) is not yet brilliant. What is said in paragraph 6 proceeds on a different view of the Text from that which I have followed. LVIII. The application of the Great Symbolism here will recall to many readers the Hebrew maxims in Proverbs xxvii. 17,19. The sentiment of it, however, does not readily fit in to the teaching of the hexagram as set forth in the Text. There is nothing in the conduct of the subject of line 1 to awaken suspicion. He has as yet taken no action; but it was not necessary to say anything like this about the subject of line 2, his central position being an assurance that he would never do anything of a doubtful character. HEX. 59. APPENDIX II. 341
2He has as yet taken no action; but it was not necessary to say anything like this about the subject of line 2, his central position being an assurance that he would never do anything of a doubtful character. HEX. 59. APPENDIX II. 341 LIX. (The trigram representing) water and that for wind moving above the water form H wan. The ancient kings, in accordance with this, presented offerings to God and established the ancestral temple. 1. ‘The good fortune attached to the first line, divided,’ is due to the natural course (pursued by its subject). 2. ‘Amidst the prevailing dispersion, he hurries to his contrivance (for security) :'—he gets what he desires. 3. ‘He has no regard to his own person :’—his aim is directed to what is external to himself. 4. ‘He scatters the (different) parties (in the state), and there is great good fortune :'—brilliant and great (are his virtue and service). 5. ‘The accumulations of the royal (granaries) are ‘dispersed, and there is no error:’—this is due to the correctness of the position. 6. ‘His bloody wounds are gone:’—he is far removed from the danger of injury. Line 3 should be strong, and the desire of pleasure which is the idea of the hexagram leads its weak subject to the course which is so emphatically condemned. Paragraph 5 is incomplete. Does the correctness and appropriateness of the position of the subject of the line afford any explanation of his trusting the subject of the weak line above, who would only injure him? It ought to keep him on the contrary from doing so. The commentators have seen this, and say that the paragraph is intended by way of caution. The action of the hexagram should culminate and end in line 5. But the subject of it has not made brilliant attainment in the firmness and correctness by which the love of pleasure should be controlled. LIX. The ‘in accordance with this’ must be equivalent to—<‘ to remedy the state of things thus symbolised.’ What follows certainly 342 THE APPENDIXES. SECT. II. LX. (The trigram representing) a lake, and above it that for water, form Kieh. The superior man, in accordance with this, constructs his (methods of) numbering and measurement, and discusses (points of) virtue and conduct. 1. ‘He does not quit the courtyard outside his door :—he knows when he has free course and when he is obstructed. 2. ‘He does not quit the courtyard inside his gate. There will be evil:’—he loses the time (for action) to an extreme degree. 3. In ‘the lamentation for not observing the (proper) regulations,’ who should there be to blame ? 4. ‘The progress and success of the quiet and natural (attention) to all regulations’ is due to the deference which accepts the ways of (the ruler) above. 5. ‘The good fortune arising from the regulations enacted sweetly and acceptably’ is due to (the line)
34. ‘The progress and success of the quiet and natural (attention) to all regulations’ is due to the deference which accepts the ways of (the ruler) above. 5. ‘The good fortune arising from the regulations enacted sweetly and acceptably’ is due to (the line) amounts to this, that the ancient kings considered the services of religion, sincerely and earnestly attended to, as calculated to counteract the tendency to mutual alienation and selfishness in the minds of men. How they operated to have this beneficial effect we are not told. Nor is it easy to account for the extension of what is said in the Text about the establishment of the ancestral temple to the presentation also of offerings to God. Probably the writer had the same idea in his mind as in the Great Symbolism of hexagram 16, q.v. ‘The natural course’ pursued by the subject of line x is, probably, that required by the time. ‘What the subject of line 2 desired’ would be his success in counteracting the prevailing tendency to disunion. The view given of paragraph 5 is that propounded by A( Hsi. For paragraph 6 see the note on line 6 under the Text. HEX. 61. APPENDIX II. 343 occupying the place (of authority) and being in the centre. 6. ‘The regulations are severe and difficult. Even with firm correctness there will be evil :'-—the course (indicated by the hexagram) is come to an end. LXI. (The trigram representing the waters of) a marsh and that for wind above it form Kung F 0. The superior man, in accordance with this, deliberates about cases of litigation and delays (the infliction of) death. 1. ‘The first line, undivided, shows its subject resting (in himself). There will be good fortune :’"— no change has yet come over his purpose. 2. ‘Her young ones respond to her :'—from the (common) wish of the inmost heart. 3. ‘Now he beats his drum, and now he leaves off:’'—the position (of the line) is the appropriate one for it. LX. Various explanations of the Great Symbolism have been attempted. E.g., KA’ng-3ze says:—‘ The water which a lake or marsh will contain is limited to a certain quantity. If the water flowing in exceed that, it overflows. This gives us the idea of Kieh.’ What is found on the application of it is to my mind equally unsatisfactory. The subject of line 1 knows when he might have free course and when he is obstructed, and acts accordingly. He is regulated by a consideration of the time. The subject of line 1 ought not to act, and he is still. The subject of line 2 ought to act, and he also is still. The error and the effect of it are great. The subject of line 3 shows by his lamentation how he blames himself. The other three paragraphs are sufficiently explained in what is said on the Text. 344 THE APPENDIXES. SECT. IT. 4. ‘A horse the fellow of which disappears :'-— he breaks from his (former) companions, and mounts upwards.
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