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HEXAGRAM 29 – K’an – The Abysmal (Water)
Above K’AN THE ABYSMAL, WATER
Below K’AN THE ABYSMAL, WATER
This hexagram consists of a doubling of the trigram K’an.
It is one of the eight hexagrams in which doubling occurs.
The trigram K’an means a plunging in.
A yang line
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has plunged in between two yin lines
and
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is closed in by them like water in a ravine.
The trigram K’an is also the middle son.
The Receptive
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has obtained the middle line of the Creative,
and thus
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K’an develops.
As an image it represents water,
the water that
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comes from above
and
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is in motion on earth in streams and rivers,
giving rise to all life on earth.
In man’s world K’an represents
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the heart,
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the soul locked up within the body,
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the principle of light inclosed in the dark – that is, reason.
The name of the hexagram, because the trigram is doubled,
has the additional meaning,
“repetition of danger.”
Thus the hexagram is intended to designate
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an objective situation to which one must become accustomed,
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not a subjective attitude.
For danger due to a subjective attitude means
either
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foolhardiness
or
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guile.
Hence too a ravine is used to symbolize danger;
it is a situation in which
a man is in the same pass as
the water in a ravine,
and,
like the water,
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he can escape
if
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he behaves correctly.
THE JUDGMENT
The Abysmal repeated.
If you are sincere,
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you have success in your heart,
And
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whatever you do succeeds.
Through repetition of danger
we grow accustomed to it.
Water sets the example for the right conduct under such circumstances.
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It
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flows on and on,
and
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merely fills up all the places through which it flows;
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it
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does not shrink from any dangerous spot nor from any plunge,
and
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nothing can make it lose its own essential nature.
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It
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remains true to itself under all conditions.
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Thus likewise,
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if one is sincere when confronted with difficulties,
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the heart can penetrate the meaning of the situation.
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And
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once we have gained inner mastery of a problem,
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it will come about naturally that the action we take will succeed.
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In danger all that counts is really
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carrying out all that has to be done – thoroughness –
and
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going forward, in order not to perish through tarrying in the danger.
Properly used,
danger can have an important meaning as a protective measure.
Thus
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heaven has its perilous height protecting it
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against every attempt at invasion, and
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earth has its mountains and bodies of water,
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separating countries by their dangers.
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Thus also
rulers make use of danger to protect themselves
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against attacks from without
and
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against turmoil within.
THE IMAGE
Water
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flows on uninterruptedly
and
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reaches its goal:
The image of the Abysmal repeated.
Thus the superior man
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walks in lasting virtue
And
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carries on the business of teaching.
Water reaches its goal by flowing continually.
It fills up every depression before it flows on.
The superior man follows its example;
he is concerned that goodness should be
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an established attribute of character
rather than
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an accidental and isolated occurrence.
So likewise in teaching others everything depends on consistency,
for
it is only through repetition
that
the pupil makes the material his own.
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