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Hexagram 46 – Sheng – Pushing Upward

Above    K’UN    THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH

Below    SUN    THE GENTLE, WIND, WOOD

• The lower trigram, Sun, represents wood, and
  
• the upper, K’un, means the earth.
  

Linked with this is the idea that wood in the earth grows upward.

In contrast to the meaning of Chin, PROGRESS (35),

this pushing upward is associated with effort,

just as a plant needs energy for pushing upward through the earth.

That is why this hexagram, although it is connected with success, is associated with effort of the will.

• In PROGRESS the emphasis is on expansion;
  
• PUSHING UPWARD indicates rather a vertical ascent – direct rise
  
  • from obscurity and lowliness
    
  • to power and influence.
    

THE JUDGMENT

PUSHING UPWARD

has supreme success.

One must see the great man.

Fear not.

Departure toward the south

Brings good fortune.

The pushing upward of the good elements

• encounters no obstruction and
  
• is therefore accompanied by great success.
  

The pushing upward is made possible

• not by violence
  
• but by modesty and adaptability.
  

Since the individual is borne along by the propitiousness of the time,

he advances.

He must go to see authoritative people.

He need not be afraid to do this, because success is assured.

But

he must set to work, for activity (this is the meaning of “the south”) brings good fortune.

THE IMAGE

Within the earth, wood grows: The image of PUSHING UPWARD.

Thus the superior man of devoted character

Heaps up small things

In order to achieve something high and great.

• Adapting itself to obstacles and bending around them,
  

  wood in the earth grows upward without haste and without rest.
  

Thus too

• the superior man
  
  • is devoted in character and
    
  • never pauses in his progress.
    

THE LINES

Six at the beginning means:

Pushing upward that meets with confidence

Brings great good fortune.

This is the situation at the beginning of ascent.

Just as

• wood draws strength for its upward push from the root,
  

  which in itself is in the lowest place,
  

so

• the power to rise comes from this low and obscure station.
  

• But there is a spiritual affinity with the rulers above, and
  
• this solidarity creates the confidence needed to accomplish something.
  

Nine in the second place means:

If one is sincere,

It furthers one to bring even a small offering.

No blame.

Here a strong man is presupposed.

It is true that

• he does not fit in with his environment, inasmuch as
  
• he is too brusque and pays too little attention to form.
  

But as

he is upright in character,

• he meets with response, and
  
• his lack of outward form does no harm.
  

Here

• uprightness is the outcome of sound qualities of character,
  

whereas in the corresponding line of the preceding hexagram

• it is the result of innate humility.
  

Nine in the third place means:

One pushes upward into an empty city,

All obstructions that generally block progress fall away here.

Things proceed with remarkable ease.

Unhesitatingly one follows this road, in order to profit by one’s success.

Seen from without, everything seems to be in the best of order.

However, no promise of good fortune is added.

It is a question how long such unobstructed success can last.

But it is wise not to yield to such misgivings,

because they only inhibit one’s power.

Instead,

the point is to profit by the propitiousness of the time.

MOVING HEXAGRAM

HEXAGRAM 24 – Fu – Return (The Turning Point)

Above    K’UN    THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH

Below    CHEN    THE AROUSING, THUNDER

The idea of a turning point arises from

the fact that

• after the dark lines have pushed all of the light lines upward and out of the hexagram,
  
• another light line enters the hexagram from below.
  

The time of darkness is past.

The winter solstice brings the victory of light.

This hexagram is linked with the eleventh month,

the month of the solstice (December-January).

THE JUDGMENT

RETURN. Success.

• Going out and coming in without error.
  
• Friends come without blame.
  
• To and fro goes the way.
  
• On the seventh day comes return.
  
• It furthers one to have somewhere to go.
  

After a time of decay comes the turning point.

The powerful light that has been banished returns.

There is movement, but

it is not brought about by force.

The upper trigram K’un is characterized by devotion;

thus the movement is natural,
arising spontaneously.

For this reason the transformation of the old becomes easy.

• The old is discarded and
  
• the new is introduced.
  

Both measures accord with the time;

therefore no harm results.

Societies of people sharing the same views are formed.

But since these groups

• come together in full public knowledge and
  
• are in harmony with the time,
  

• all selfish separatist tendencies are excluded, and
  
• no mistake is made.
  

The idea of RETURN is based on the course of nature.

• The movement is cyclic, and
  
• the course completes itself.
  

Therefore

it is not necessary to hasten anything artificially.

Everything comes of itself at the appointed time.

This is the meaning of heaven and earth.

All movements are accomplished in six stages, and

the seventh brings return.

Thus

• the Winter solstice, with which the decline of the year begins,
  
  • comes in the seventh month after the summer solstice;
    

so too

• sunrise
  
  • comes in the seventh double hour after sunset.
    

Therefore

seven is the number of the young light, and

it arises when six, the number of the great darkness, is increased by one.

In this way

the state of rest gives place to movement.

THE IMAGE

Thunder within the earth: The image of THE TURNING POINT.

Thus

• the kings of antiquity closed the passes At the time of solstice.
  
• Merchants and strangers did not go about, And
  
• the ruler Did not travel through the provinces.
  

The winter solstice has always been celebrated in China as the resting time of the year –

a custom that survives in the time of rest observed at the new year.

In winter the life energy, symbolized by thunder, the Arousing is still underground.

Movement is just at its beginning;

therefore

it must be strengthened by rest,

so that it will not be dissipated by being used prematurely.

This principle, i.e., of allowing energy that is renewing itself to be reinforced by rest,

applies to all similar situations.

• The return of health after illness,
  
• the return of understanding after an estrangement:
  

everything must be treated tenderly and with care at the beginning,

so that the return may lead to a flowering.

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