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HEXAGRAM 34 – Ta Chuang – The Power of the Great
Above CHEN THE AROUSING, THUNDER
Below CH’IEN THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN
The great lines, that is, the light, strong lines, are powerful.
Four light lines
· have entered the hexagram from below and
· are about to ascend higher.
· The upper trigram is Chen, the Arousing;
· the lower is Ch’ien, the Creative.
· Ch’ien is strong,
· Chen produces movement.
The union of
· movement and
· strength
gives the meaning of THE POWER OF THE GREAT.
The hexagram is linked with the second month (March April).
THE JUDGMENT
THE POWER OF THE GREAT.
Perseverance furthers.
The hexagram points to a time when
· inner worth mounts with great force and
· comes to power.
But its strength has already passed beyond the median line,
hence
there is danger that
· one
o may rely entirely on one’s own power and
o forget to ask what is right.
There is danger too that, being intent on movement,
· we may not wait for the right time.
Therefore the added statement that perseverance furthers.
For that is truly great power
· which does not degenerate into mere force
· but remains inwardly united with the fundamental principles
o of right and
o of justice.
When
· we understand this point – namely, that
o greatness and
o justice
must be indissoluble united –
· we understand the true meaning of all that happens
o in heaven and
o on earth.
THE IMAGE
Thunder in heaven above: The image of THE POWER OF THE GREAT.
Thus
the superior man
· does not tread upon paths That
· do not accord with established order.
Thunder – electrical energy – mounts upward in the spring.
· The direction of this movement is in harmony with that of the movement of heaven.
· It is therefore a movement in accord with heaven, producing great power.
However,
true greatness depends on being in harmony with what is right.
Therefore
in times of great power
the superior man avoids doing anything that
is not in harmony with the established order.
THE LINES
Nine in the second place means:
Perseverance brings good fortune.
The premise here is that the gates to success are beginning to open.
· Resistance gives way and
· we forge ahead.
This is the point at which, only too easily,
we become the prey of exuberant self-confidence.
This is why the oracle says that perseverance
(i.e., perseverance in inner equilibrium, without excessive use of power)
brings good fortune.
Six in the fifth place means:
Loses the goat with ease.
No remorse.
The goat is noted for
· hardness outwardly and
· weakness within.
Now the situation is such that everything is easy;
there is no more resistance.
One
· can give up a belligerent, stubborn way of acting and
· will not have to regret it.
Six at the top means:
A goat butts against a hedge.
· It cannot go backward,
· it cannot go forward.
Nothing serves to further.
If one notes the difficulty, this brings good fortune.
· If we venture too far
o we come to a deadlock, unable either to advance or to retreat,
· and whatever we do
o merely serves to complicate things further.
Such obstinacy leads to insuperable difficulties.
But if, realizing the situation,
we
· compose ourselves and
· decide not to continue,
everything will right itself in time.
MOVING HEAGRAM
HEXAGRAM 13 – T’ung Jen – Fellowship with Men
Above CH’IEN THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN
Below LI THE CLINGING, FLAME
· The image of the upper trigram Ch’ien is heaven, and
· that of the lower, Li, is flame.
It is the nature of fire to flame up to heaven.
This gives the idea of fellowship.
It is the second line that, by virtue of its central character, unites the five strong lines around it.
This hexagram forms a complement to Shih, THE ARMY (7).
· In the latter, danger is within and obedience without –
o the character of a warlike army, which, in order to hold together,
§ needs one strong man among the many who are weak.
· Here, clarity is within and strength without –
o the character of a peaceful union of men, which, in order to hold together,
§ needs one yielding nature among many firm persons.
THE JUDGMENT
FELLOWSHIP WITH MEN in the open.
Success.
It furthers one to cross the great water.
The perseverance of the superior man furthers.
True fellowship among men must be based upon a concern that is universal.
· It is not the private interests of the individual that create lasting fellowship among men,
· but rather the goals of humanity.
That is why it is said. that
fellowship with men in the open succeeds.
If unity of this kind prevails,
even difficult and dangerous tasks, such as crossing the great water, can be accomplished.
But in order to bring about this sort of fellowship, a persevering and enlightened leader is needed – a man with
· clear, convincing, and inspiring aims and
· the strength to carry them out.
(The inner trigram means clarity; the outer, strength.)
THE IMAGE
Heaven together with fire: The image of FELLOWSHIP WITH MEN.
Thus the superior man
· organizes the clans And
· makes distinctions between things.
Heaven has the same direction of movement as fire,
yet it is different from fire.
Just as
· the luminaries in the sky serve for the systematic division and arrangement of time,
so
· human society and all things that really belong together must be organically arranged.
Fellowship should not be a mere mingling, of individuals or of things – that would be
· chaos,
· not fellowship.
If fellowship is to lead to order,
there must be organization within diversity.
