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I Ching Pages 538-539
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Book III: The Commentaries This line is the middle one of the lower trigram, hence “the middle way.” Yellow is the color of the middle, here specially mentioned because the line originates as the middle line of the trigram K’un, the Receptive. Nine in the third place: a) In the light of the setting sun, Men either beat the pot and sing Or loudly bewail the approach of old age. Misfortune. b) How can one wish to hold for long the light of the setting sun? The third line ends the lower trigram, hence the image of the setting sun. The line is simultaneously in the nuclear trigram Tui, which indicates autumn, and in the nuclear trigram Sun, meaning growth. But Tui also means joyousness and Sun also means sighing. Nine in the fourth place: a) Its coming is sudden; It flames up, dies down, is thrown away. b) “Its coming is sudden.” Yet in itself it has nothing that would cause it to be accepted. The fourth line is restless at the point of intersection of the two nuclear trigrams. It is oppressed from below and rejected from above. 0 Six in the fifth place: a) Tears in floods, sighing and lamenting. Good fortune. b) The good fortune of the six in the fifth place clings to king and prince. The fifth place is that of the ruler. Since the line is yielding, it is not arrogant but humble and sad (it is at the top of the nuclear trigram Tui, mouth, hence the lament). Therein lies its good fortune. 538 30. Li/The Clinging, Fire Nine at the top: a) The king uses him to march forth and chastise. Then it is best to kill the leaders And take captive the followers. No blame. b) “The king uses him to march forth and chastise”: in order to bring the country under discipline. The ruler of the hexagram, the six in the fifth place, is the king. He uses the top line to lead the armed forces (the trigram Li has weapons for its symbol). Since it is at the top and strong, the line is correct, and therefore does not push the business of war too far. It shows the light at its height. 539
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Book III: The Commentaries This line is the middle one of the lower trigram, hence “the middle way.” Yellow is the color of the middle, here specially mentioned because the line originates as the middle line of the trigram K’un, the Receptive. Nine in the third place: a) In the light of the setting sun, Men either beat the pot and sing Or loudly bewail the approach of old age. Misfortune. b) How can one wish to hold for long the light of the setting sun? The third line ends the lower trigram, hence the image of the setting sun. The line is simultaneously in the nuclear trigram Tui, which indicates autumn, and in the nuclear trigram Sun, meaning growth. But Tui also means joyousness and Sun also means sighing. Nine in the fourth place: a) Its coming is sudden; It flames up, dies down, is thrown away. b) “Its coming is sudden.” Yet in itself it has nothing that would cause it to be accepted. The fourth line is restless at the point of intersection of the two nuclear trigrams. It is oppressed from below and rejected from above. 0 Six in the fifth place: a) Tears in floods, sighing and lamenting. Good fortune. b) The good fortune of the six in the fifth place clings to king and prince. The fifth place is that of the ruler. Since the line is yielding, it is not arrogant but humble and sad (it is at the top of the nuclear trigram Tui, mouth, hence the lament). Therein lies its good fortune. 538 30. Li/The Clinging, Fire Nine at the top: a) The king uses him to march forth and chastise. Then it is best to kill the leaders And take captive the followers. No blame. b) “The king uses him to march forth and chastise”: in order to bring the country under discipline. The ruler of the hexagram, the six in the fifth place, is the king. He uses the top line to lead the armed forces (the trigram Li has weapons for its symbol). Since it is at the top and strong, the line is correct, and therefore does not push the business of war too far. It shows the light at its height. 539
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