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HEXAGRAM 64 – Wei Chi – Before Completion
Above Li THE CLINGING, FLAME
Below K’AN THE ABYSMAL, WATER
This hexagram indicates
a time when
the transition from disorder to order is not yet completed.
The change is indeed prepared for,
since
all the lines in the upper trigram are in relation to those in the lower (1).
However,
they are not yet in their places.
While
· the preceding hexagram offers an analogy to autumn,
o which forms the transition from summer to winter,
· this hexagram presents a parallel to spring,
o which leads out of winter’s stagnation into the fruitful time of summer.
With this hopeful outlook the Book of Changes comes to its close.
THE JUDGMENT
BEFORE COMPLETION.
Success.
But if the little fox,
after nearly completing the crossing,
Gets his tail in the water,
There is nothing that would further.
The conditions are difficult.
The task is
· great and
· full of responsibility.
It is nothing less than that of
leading the world out of confusion
back to order.
But
it is a task that promises success,
because there is
a goal that can unite the forces now tending in different directions.
At first, however,
one must move warily,
like an old fox walking over ice.
The caution of a fox walking over ice is proverbial in China.
His ears are constantly alert to the cracking of the ice,
as
he carefully and circumspectly searches out the safest spots.
A young fox
· who as yet has not acquired this caution
· goes ahead boldly,
and it may happen that
· he
o falls in and
o gets his tail wet
when
· he is almost across the water.
Then of course his effort has been all in vain.
Accordingly, in times "before completion,"
· deliberation and
· caution
are the prerequisites of success.
THE IMAGE
Fire over water: The image of the condition before transition.
Thus the superior man is careful
In the differentiation of things,
So that each finds its place.
When
· fire, which by nature flames upward, is above, and
· water, which flows downward, is below,
their effects
· take opposite directions and
· remain unrelated.
If
· we wish to achieve an effect,
· we must first
o investigate the nature of the forces in question and
o ascertain their proper place.
If
we can bring these forces to bear in the right place,
· they will have the desired effect, and
· completion will be achieved.
But in order to handle external forces properly,
we must above all arrive at the correct standpoint ourselves,
for only from this vantage can we work correctly.
THE LINES
Nine in the second place means:
He brakes his wheels.
Perseverance brings good fortune.
Here again
the time to act has not yet come.
But
the patience needed is not that of idle waiting
without thought of the morrow.
Kept up indefinitely,
this would not lead to any success.
Instead,
an individual must develop in himself the strength
that will enable him to go forward.
He must have a vehicle,
as it were,
to effect the crossing.
But
he must for the time being use the brakes.
Patience in the highest sense means putting brakes on strength.
Therefore
he must not
· fall asleep and
· lose sight of the goal.
If
he remains strong and steadfast in his resolve,
all goes well in the end.
Nine in the fourth place means:
Perseverance brings good fortune.
Remorse disappears.
Shock, thus to discipline the Devil’s Country.
For three years, great realms are awarded.
Now it is the time of struggle.
The transition must be completed.
We must make ourselves strong in resolution;
this brings good fortune.
All misgivings that might arise in such grave times of struggle
must be silenced.
It is a question of a fierce battle
· to break and
· to discipline
the Devil´s Country, the forces of decadence.
But the struggle also has its reward.
Now is the time to lay the foundations of
· power and
· mastery
for the future.
Six in the fifth place means:
Perseverance brings good fortune.
No remorse.
The light of the superior man is true.
Good fortune.
The victory has been won.
The power of steadfastness has not been routed.
Everything has gone well.
All misgivings have been overcome.
Success has justified the deed.
The light of a superior personality
· shines forth anew and
· makes its influence felt among men
who
· have faith in it and
· rally around it.
· The new time has arrived, and
· with it good fortune.
And
just as
· the sun shines forth in redoubled beauty after rain,
or as
· a forest grows more freshly green from charred ruins after a fire,
so
· the new era appears all the more glorious by contrast with the misery of the old.
MOVING HEXAGRAM
HEXAGRAM 20 – Kuan – Contemplation (View)
Above SUN THE GENTLE, WIND
Below K’UN THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH
A slight variation of tonal stress gives the Chinese name for this hexagram
a double meaning.
It means both
· contemplating and
· being seen, in the sense of being an example.
These ideas are suggested by the fact that
the hexagram can be understood as picturing
a type of tower characteristic of ancient China.
· A tower of this kind commanded a wide view of the country;
at the same time, when situated on a mountain,
· it became a landmark that could be seen for miles around.
Thus the hexagram shows a ruler
· who contemplates
o the law of heaven above him and
o the ways of the people below, and
· who, by means of good government, sets a lofty example to the masses.
This hexagram is linked with the eighth month (September – October).
· The light-giving power retreats and
· the dark power is again on the increase.
However,
this aspect is not material in the interpretation of the hexagram as a whole.
THE JUDGMENT
CONTEMPLATION.
The ablution has been made,
But not yet the offering.
Full of trust they look up to him.
The sacrificial ritual in China began with
· an ablution and
· a libation
o by which the Deity was invoked,
o after which the sacrifice was offered.
· The moment of time between these two ceremonies is the most sacred of all,
· the moment of deepest inner concentration.
If piety is
· sincere and
· expressive of real faith,
the contemplation of it has a
· transforming and
· awe-inspiring effect
on those who witness it.
Thus also in nature
a holy seriousness is to be seen in the fact that
natural occurrences are uniformly subject to law.
Contemplation of the divine meaning underlying the workings of the universe
gives to the man who is called upon to influence others
the means of producing like effects.
This requires that
power of inner concentration which religious contemplation develops
in great men strong in faith.
It enables them to
· apprehend the mysterious and divine laws of life,
and by means of profoundest inner concentration they
· give expression to these laws in their own persons.
Thus
a hidden spiritual power emanates from them,
· influencing and
· dominating
others without their being aware of how it happens.
THE IMAGE
The wind blows over the earth: The image of CONTEMPLATION.
Thus the kings of old
· visited the regions of the world,
· Contemplated the people, And
· gave them instruction.
When the wind blows over the earth it
· goes far and wide and
· the grass must bend to its power.
These two occurrences find confirmation in the hexagram.
The two images are used to symbolize a practice of the kings of old;
in making regular journeys the ruler could,
· in the first place,
o survey his realm and
o make certain that none of the existing usages of the people escaped notice;
· in the second, he could exert influence through which such customs as were unsuitable could be changed.
All of this points to the power possessed by a superior personality.
On the one hand, such a man
· will have a view of the real sentiments of the great mass of humanity and therefore
· cannot be deceived;
on the other, he
· will impress the people so profoundly,
o by his mere existence and
o by the impact of his personality,
· that they will be swayed by him as the grass by the wind.
