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HEXAGRAM 58 – Tui – The Joyous, Lake

Above    TUI    THE JOYOUS, LAKE

Below    TUI    THE JOYOUS, LAKE

• This hexagram,
  
• like Sun,
  

is one of the eight formed by doubling of a trigram.

The trigram Tui denotes the youngest daughter;

it is symbolized by the smiling lake, and

its attribute is joyousness.

Contrary to appearances,

• it is not the yielding quality of the top line that accounts for joy here.
  
• The attribute of the yielding or dark principle is
  
  • not joy
    
  • but melancholy.
    

However,

JOY is indicated by the fact that

there are two strong lines within,

expressing themselves through the medium of gentleness.

 

True joy, therefore,

• rests on firmness and strength within,
  
• manifesting itself outwardly as yielding and gentle.
  

 

THE JUDGMENT

THE JOYOUS.

Success.

Perseverance is favorable.

The joyous mood

• is infectious
  

and therefore

• brings success.
  

But

• joy must be based on steadfastness
  

if

• it is not to degenerate into uncontrolled mirth.
  

• Truth and strength must dwell in the heart,
  

while

• gentleness reveals itself in social intercourse.
  
• In this way
  

one

• assumes the right attitude toward God and man and
  
• achieves something.
  

Under certain conditions,

intimidation without gentleness may achieve something

• momentarily,
  
• but not for all time.
  

When, on the other hand,

the hearts of men are won by friendliness,

they are

• led to take all hardships upon themselves willingly,
  

and if need be

• will not shun death itself,
  

so great is the power of joy over men.

 

THE IMAGE

Lakes resting one on the other: The image of THE JOYOUS.

Thus the superior man joins with his friends

For

• discussion and
  
• practice.
  

• A lake evaporates upward
  

and thus

• gradually dries up;
  

but when

two lakes are joined

• they do not dry up so readily,
  
• for one replenishes the other.
  

It is the same in the field of knowledge.

Knowledge should be a refreshing and vitalizing force.

It becomes so only through stimulating intercourse

• with congenial friends
  
• with whom one
  
  • holds discussion and
    
  • practices application of the truths of life.
    

In this way

learning

• becomes many-sided and
  
• takes on a cheerful lightness,
  

whereas

• there is always something ponderous and one-sided about
  
• the learning of the self-taught.
  

 

THE LINES

 

Nine in the second place means:

Sincere joyousness.

Good fortune.

Remorse disappears.

• We often find ourselves associating with inferior people in whose company
  
• we are tempted by pleasures that are inappropriate for the superior man.
  

To participate in such pleasures would certainly bring remorse,

for

• a superior man can find no real satisfaction in low pleasures.
  

When, recognizing this,

• a man does not permit his will to swerve,
  

so that

• he does not find such ways agreeable,
  
  • not even dubious companions will venture to proffer any base pleasures,
    

because

• he would not enjoy them.
  

Thus every cause for regret is removed.

 

Six in the third place means:

Coming joyousness.

Misfortune.

True joy must spring from within.

• But if
  

one

• is empty within and
  
• wholly given over to the world,
  

idle pleasures come streaming in from without.

This is what many people welcome as diversion.

Those who

• lack inner stability and therefore
  
• need amusement,
  

will always find opportunity of indulgence.

They attract external pleasures

by the emptiness of their natures.

Thus

they lose themselves more and more,

which of course has bad results.

 

Nine in the fourth place means:

Joyousness that is weighed is not at peace.

After ridding himself of mistakes a man has joy.

Often

a man finds himself weighing the choice between various kinds of pleasures,

and so long as

• he has not decided which kind he will choose,
  
  • the higher or
    
  • the lower,
    
• he has no inner peace.
  

Only when

he

• clearly recognizes that passion brings suffering,
  
• can he make up his mind
  
  • to turn away from the lower pleasures and
    
  • to strive for the higher.
    

Once this decision is sealed,

• he finds true joy and peace, and
  
• inner conflict is overcome.
  

 

Six at the top means:

Seductive joyousness.

A vain nature

• invites diverting pleasures and
  
• must suffer accordingly (cf. the six in the third place).
  

If

a man is unstable within,

• the pleasures of the world that he does not shun
  

  have so powerful an influence that
  

• he is swept along by them.
  

Here

• it is no longer a question
  
  • of danger,
    
  • of good fortune or misfortune.
    
• He has given up direction of his own life, and
  
• what becomes of him depends upon
  
  • chance and
    
  • external influences.
    

 

 

MOVING HEXAGRAM

 

 

HEXAGRAM 37 – Chia Jen – The Family (The Clan)

Above    SUN    THE GENTLE, WIND

Below    LI    THE CLINGING, FIRE

This hexagram represents the laws obtaining within the family.

• The strong line at the top represents the father,
  
• the lowest the son.
  
• The strong, line in the fifth place represents the husband,
  
• the yielding second line the wife.
  

On the other hand,

• the two strong lines in the fifth and the third place represent two brothers,
  

and

• the two weak lines correlated with them in the fourth and the second place stand for their respective wives.
  

Thus all the

• connections and
  
• relationships
  

within the family find their appropriate expression.

Each individual line has the character according with its place.

The fact that a strong line occupies the sixth place

-where a weak line might be expected –

indicates very clearly

the strong leadership that must come from the head of the family.

The line is to be considered here

• not in its quality as the sixth
  
• but in its quality as the top line.
  

THE FAMILY shows the laws operative within the household that,

transferred to outside life,

keep the state and the world in order.

The influence that goes out from within the family is represented

by the symbol of the wind created by fire.

 

THE JUDGMENT

THE FAMILY

The perseverance of the woman furthers.

The foundation of the family is the relationship between husband and wife.

The tie that holds the family together lies in the

loyalty and

perseverance of the wife.

• Her place is within (second line), while
  
• that of the husband is without (fifth line).
  

It is in accord with the great laws of nature that husband and wife

take their proper places.

Within the family a strong authority is needed;

this is represented by the parents.

If

• the father is really a father and
  
• the son a son,
  

if

• the elder brother fulfills his position, and
  
• the younger fulfills his,
  

if

• the husband is really a husband and
  
• the wife a wife,
  

then the family is in order.

When the family is in order,

all the social relationships of mankind will be in order.

Three of the five social relationships are to be found within the family –

• that between father and son,
  

  which is the relation of love,
  

• that between husband and wife,
  

  which is the relation of chaste conduct, and
  

• that between elder and younger brother,
  

  which is the relation of correctness.
  

• The loving reverence of the son is then carried over
  

  to the prince in the form of faithfulness to duty;
  

• the affection and correctness of behavior existing between the two brothers are extended
  
• to a friend in the form of loyalty, and
  
• to a person of superior rank in the form of deference.
  

The family is society in embryo;

it is the native soil on which performance of moral duty is made easy through natural affection,

• so that within a small circle a basis of moral practice is created, and
  
• this is later widened to include human relationships in general.
  

 

THE IMAGE

Wind comes forth from fire: The image Of THE FAMILY.

Thus the superior man has

• substance in his words And
  
• duration in his way of life.
  

Heat creates energy:

this is signified by the wind

• stirred up by the fire and
  
• issuing forth from it.
  

This represents influence working from within outward.

The same thing is needed in the regulation of the family.

Here too

the influence on others must proceed from one’s own person.

In order to be capable of producing such an influence,

• one’s words must have power, and
  
• this they can have only if they are based on something real,
  

just as

• flame depends on its fuel.
  

Words have influence only when they are

• pertinent and
  
• clearly related to definite circumstances.
  

General discourses and admonitions have no effect whatsoever.

Furthermore,

• the words must be supported by one’s entire conduct,
  

just as

• the wind is made effective by its duration.
  

Only

• firm and
  
• consistent conduct
  

will make such an impression on others that

they can

• adapt and
  
• conform to it.
  

If words and conduct are not in accord and not consistent,

they will have no effect.

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