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HEXAGRAM 22 – Pi – Grace
Above KEN KEEPING STILL, MOUNTAIN
Below Li THE CLINGING, FIRE
This hexagram shows a fire that
· breaks out of the secret depths of the earth
and, blazing up,
· illuminates and beautifies the mountain, the heavenly heights.
Grace – beauty of form – is necessary in
any union
if
it is to be
· Well ordered and
· pleasing
rather than
· disordered and
· chaotic.
THE JUDGMENT
GRACE has success.
In small matters
It is favorable to undertake something.
Grace brings success.
However,
· it is not the essential or fundamental thing;
· it
o is only the ornament and
o must therefore be used
§ sparingly and
§ only in little things.
In the lower trigram of fire a yielding line
· comes between two strong lines and
· makes them beautiful,
but
· the strong lines are the essential content and
· the weak line is the beautifying form.
· In the upper trigram of the mountain,
o the strong line takes the lead,
· so that here again
o the strong element must be regarded as the decisive factor.
In nature
we see in the sky the strong light of the sun;
the life of the world depends on it.
But this strong, essential thing is
· changed and
· given pleasing variety by
o the moon and
o the stars.
In human affairs,
aesthetic form comes into being when
traditions exist that,
· strong and
· abiding like mountains,
are made pleasing by a lucid beauty.
· By contemplating the forms existing in the heavens
o we come to understand
§ time and
§ its changing demands.
· Through contemplation of the forms existing in human society
o it becomes possible to shape the world. 1
THE IMAGE
Fire at the foot of the mountain: The image of GRACE.
Thus
· does the superior man proceed When clearing up current affairs. But
· he dare not decide controversial issues in this way.
The fire, whose light
· illuminates the mountain and
· makes it pleasing,
does not shine far;
in the same way,
· beautiful form suffices
o to brighten and
o to throw light upon matters of lesser moment,
but
· important questions cannot be decided in this way.
· They require greater earnestness.
