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HEXAGRAM 42 – I – Increase
Above SUN THE GENTLE, WIND
Below CHEN THE AROUSING, THUNDER
The idea of increase is expressed in the fact that
the strong lowest line of the upper trigram has
· sunk down and
· taken its place under the lower trigram.
This conception also expresses the fundamental idea on which the Book of Changes is based.
To rule truly is to serve.
A sacrifice of the higher element that
· produces an increase of the lower
· is called an out-and-out increase:
it indicates the spirit that alone has power to help the world.
THE JUDGMENT
INCREASE.
· It furthers one
o To undertake something.
· It furthers one
o to cross the great water.
Sacrifice on the part of those above
for the increase of those below
fills the people with a sense of
· joy and
· gratitude
that is extremely valuable for the flowering of the commonwealth.
When people are thus devoted to their leaders,
· undertakings are possible, and
· even difficult and dangerous enterprises will succeed.
Therefore in such times of
· progress and
· successful development
it is necessary to
· work and
· make the best use of the time.
This time resembles that of the marriage of heaven and earth, when
the earth partakes of the creative power of heaven,
· forming and
· bringing forth
living beings.
· The time of INCREASE does not endure,
therefore
· it must be utilized while it lasts.
THE IMAGE
Wind and thunder: the image Of INCREASE.
Thus the superior man:
· If he sees good,
o he imitates it;
· If he has faults,
o he rids himself of them.
While observing how thunder and wind increase and strengthen each other,
a man can note the way to
· self-increase and
· self-improvement.
When
· he discovers good in others,
· he should imitate it and thus make everything on earth his own.
If
· he perceives something bad in himself,
· let him rid himself of it. In this way he becomes free of evil.
This ethical change represents the most important increase of personality.
THE LINES
Nine at the top means:
· He brings increase to no one.
o Indeed, someone even strikes him.
· He does not keep his heart constantly steady.
o Misfortune.
The meaning here is that through renunciation
o those in high place
o should bring increase to those below.
By
· neglecting this duty and
· helping no one,
they in turn
· lose the furthering influence of others and
· soon find themselves alone.
In this way they invite attacks.
An attitude
not permanently in harmony with the demands of the time
will necessarily bring misfortune with it.
Confucius says about this line:
· The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves;
· he composes his mind before he speaks;
· he makes his relations firm before he asks for something.
· By attending to these three matters, the superior man gains complete security.
But
· if a man is brusque in his movements, others will not cooperate.
· If he is agitated in his words, they awaken no echo in others.
· If he asks for something without having first established relations, it will not be given to him.
· If no one is with him, those who would harm him draw near.
MOVING HEXAGRAM
HEXAGRAM 03 – Chun – Difficulty at the Beginning
Above K’AN THE ABYSMAL, WATER
Below CHEN THE AROUSING, THUNDER
The name of the hexagram, Chun, really connotes
· a blade of grass pushing against an obstacle
as
· it sprouts out of the earth
hence
the meaning, "difficulty at the beginning."
The hexagram indicates the way in which
· heaven and
· earth
bring forth individual beings.
It is their first meeting,
which is beset with difficulties.
· The lower trigram Chen is the Arousing;
o its motion is upward and
o its image is thunder.
· The upper trigram K’an stands for the Abysmal, the dangerous.
o Its motion is downward and
o its image is rain.
The situation points to teeming, chaotic profusion;
thunder and rain fill the air.
But the chaos clears up.
While
· the Abysmal sinks,
· the upward movement eventually passes beyond the danger.
· A thunderstorm brings release from tension, and
· all things breathe freely again.
THE JUDGMENT
DIFFICULTY AT THE BEGINNING works supreme success,
Furthering through perseverance.
Nothing should be undertaken.
It furthers one to appoint helpers.
Times of growth are beset with difficulties.
They resemble a first birth.
But
these difficulties arise from
the very profusion of all that is struggling to attain form.
Everything is in motion:
therefore
if one perseveres
there is a prospect of great success, in spite of the existing danger.
When it is
a man’s fate to undertake such new beginnings,
everything is still unformed, dark.
Hence
· he must hold back,
o because any premature move might bring disaster.
Likewise,
· it is very important not to remain alone;
o in order to overcome the chaos he needs helpers.
This is not to say, however, that
he himself should look on passively at what is happening.
He must
· lend his hand and
· participate with
o inspiration and
o guidance.
THE IMAGE
Clouds and thunder: The image Of DIFFICULTY AT THE BEGINNING.
Thus
the superior man
Brings order out of confusion.
Clouds and thunder are represented by definite decorative lines;
this means that
in the chaos of difficulty at the beginning,
order is already implicit.
So too the superior man has to
· arrange and
· organize
the inchoate profusion of such times of beginning,
just as
one
· sorts out silk threads from a knotted tangle and
· binds them into skeins.
In order to find one’s place in the infinity of being,
one must be able both
· to separate and
· to unite.
