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HEXAGRAM 31 – Hsien – Influence (Wooing)

Above    TUI    THE JOYOUS, LAKE

Below    KEN    KEEPING STILL, MOUNTAIN

The name of the hexagram means

  • “universal,”
  • “general,”

and in a figurative sense

  • “to influence,”
  • “to stimulate.”
  • The upper trigrams is Tui, the Joyous;
  • the lower is Ken, Keeping Still.

By its persistent, quiet influence, the lower, rigid trigram

  • stimulates the upper, weak trigram, which
  • responds to this stimulation cheerfully and joyously.
  • Ken, the lower trigram, is the youngest son;
  • the upper, Tui, is the youngest daughter.

Thus the universal mutual attraction between the sexes is represented.

In courtship, the masculine principle must

  • seize the initiative

and

  • place itself below the feminine principle.

Just as

  • the first part of book I begins with the hexagrams of
    • heaven

    and

    • earth,

the foundations of all that exists,

  • the second part begins with the hexagrams of
    • courtship

    and

    • marriage,

the foundations of all social relationships.

 

THE JUDGMENT

Influence.

Success.

Perseverance furthers.

To take a maiden to wife brings good fortune.

  • The weak element is above,
  • the strong below;

hence

  • their powers attract each other,

so that

  • they unite.

This brings about success, for

all success depends on the effect of mutual attraction.

By keeping still within while experiencing joy without,

one can

  • prevent the joy from going to excess

and

  • hold it within proper bounds.

This is the meaning of the added admonition, “Perseverance furthers,” for

it is perseverance that makes the difference between

  • seduction

and

  • courtship;

in the latter

the strong man

  • takes a position inferior to that of the weak girl

and

  • shows consideration for her.

This attraction between affinities is a general law of nature.

Heaven and earth

  • attract each other

and thus

  • all creatures come into being.

Through such attraction

  • the sage influences men’s hearts,

and thus

  • the world attains peace.

From the attractions they exert

we can learn the nature of all beings

  • in heaven

and

  • on earth.

 

THE IMAGE

A lake on the mountain: The image of influence.

Thus

the superior man encourages people to approach him

By his readiness to receive them.

A mountain with a lake on its summit is stimulated by the moisture from the lake.

It has this advantage because its summit

  • does not jut out as a peak

but

  • is sunken.

The image counsels that the mind should be kept

  • humble

and

  • free,

so that

it may remain receptive to good advice.

People soon give up counseling a man who thinks

that

he knows everything better than anyone else.


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