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HEXAGRAM 47 – K’un – Oppression (Exhaustion)

Above    TUI    THE JOYOUS, LAKE

Below    K’AN    THE ABYSMAL, WATER

1. The lake is above, water below; the lake is empty, dried up. (1)
   

Exhaustion is expressed in yet another way:

1. at the top, a dark line is holding down two light lines;
   

   below, a light line is hemmed in between two dark ones.
   

2. The upper trigram belongs to the principle of darkness,
   

   the lower to the principle of light.
   

Thus everywhere superior men are oppressed and held in restraint by inferior men.

 

THE JUDGMENT

OPPRESSION.

Success.

Perseverance.

The great man brings about good fortune.

No blame.

When one has something to say,

It is not believed.

• Times of adversity are the reverse of times of success,
  

but

• they can lead to success if they befall the right man.
  

When

a strong man meets with adversity,

• he remains cheerful despite all danger,
  

and

• this cheerfulness is the source of later successes;
  

it is that stability which is stronger than fate.

He who

• lets his spirit be broken by exhaustion certainly
  
• has no success.
  

But

if adversity only bends a man,

• it creates in him a power to react that is bound in time to manifest itself.
  

No inferior man is capable of this.

Only the great man

• brings about good fortune
  

and

• remains blameless.
  

It is true that for the time being outward influence is denied him,

because his words have no effect.

Therefore in times of adversity

it is important to be

• strong within
  

and

• sparing of words.
  

 

THE IMAGE

There is no water in the lake:

Thus

the superior man

stakes his life

On following his will.

When the water has flowed out below,

the lake must

• dry up
  

and

• become exhausted.
  

That is fate.

This symbolizes an adverse fate in human life.

In such times there is nothing a man can do

but

• acquiesce in his fate
  

and

• remain true to himself.
  

This concerns the deepest stratum of his being,

for this alone is superior to all external fate.

 

THE LINES

 

Six in the third place means:

A man

• permits himself to be oppressed by stone,
  

And

• leans on thorns and thistles.
  

He

• enters his house
  

and

• does not see his wife.
  

Misfortune.

This shows a man who is restless and indecisive in times of adversity.

At first

• he wants to push ahead,
  

then

• he encounters obstructions that, it is true,
  

  mean oppression only when recklessly dealt with.
  

He

• butts his head against a wall and in consequence
  
• feels himself oppressed by the wall.
  

Then he leans on things

• that have in themselves no stability
  

and

• that are merely a hazard for him who leans on them.
  

Thereupon

he

• turns back irresolutely
  

and

• retires into his house,
  

only to find, as a fresh disappointment,

that his wife is not there.

Confucius says about this line:

• If a man permits himself to be oppressed by something that ought not to oppress him,
  
  • his name will certainly be disgraced.
    
• If he leans on things upon which one cannot lean,
  
  • his life will certainly be endangered.
    
• For him who is in disgrace and danger, the hour of death draws near;
  
  • how can he then still see his wife?
    

 

Nine in the fifth place means:

His nose and feet are cut off.

Oppression at the hands of the man with the purple knee bands.

Joy comes softly.

It furthers one to make offerings and libations.

An individual who has the good of mankind at heart is oppressed from

• above
  

and

• below
  

(this is the meaning of the cutting off of nose and feet).

He finds no help among the people whose duty it would be to aid in the work of rescue

(ministers wore purple knee bands) .

But little by little, things take a turn for the better.

Until that time,

he should

• turn to God, firm in his inner composure,
  

and

• pray and offer sacrifice for the general well-being.
  

 

 

MOVING HEXAGRAM

 

HEXAGRAM 32 – Heng – Duration

Above    CHEN    THE AROUSING, THUNDER

Below    SUN    THE GENTLE, WIND

• The strong trigram Chen is above,
  
• the weak trigram Sun below.
  

This hexagram is the inverse of the preceding one.

• In the latter we have influence,
  
• here we have union as an enduring condition.
  

The two images are thunder and wind,

which are likewise constantly paired phenomena.

• The lower trigram indicates gentleness within;
  
• the upper, movement without.
  

In the sphere of social relationships,

the hexagram represents the institution of marriage

as the enduring union of the sexes.

• During courtship
  
  • the young man subordinates himself to the girl,
    
• but in marriage, which is represented by the coming together of
  

  the eldest son and the eldest daughter,
  

  • the husband is the directing and moving force outside,
    
  • while the wife, inside, is gentle and submissive.
    

 

THE JUDGMENT

DURATION. Success. No blame.

Perseverance furthers.

It furthers one to have somewhere to go.

Duration

• is a state whose movement is not worn down by hindrances.
  
• It is not a state of rest, for mere standstill is regression.
  

  Duration
  

• is rather the self-contained and therefore self-renewing movement of
  

  an organized, firmly integrated whole,
  

  • taking place in accordance with immutable laws and
    
  • beginning anew at every ending.
    

The end is reached by an inward movement,

by inhalation, systole, contraction, and

this movement turns into a new beginning, in which

the movement is directed outward,

in exhalation, diastole, expansion.

Heavenly bodies exemplify duration.

They move in their fixed orbits, and

because of this their light-giving power endures.

The seasons of the year

• follow a fixed law of change and transformation, hence
  
• can produce effects that endure.
  

So likewise

the dedicated man

• embodies an enduring meaning in his way of life, and thereby
  
• the world is formed.
  

In that which gives things their duration,

we can come to understand the nature of all beings

• in heaven and
  
• on earth.
  

 

THE IMAGE

Thunder and wind: the image of DURATION.

Thus the superior man

• stands firm And
  
• does not change his direction.
  

• Thunder rolls, and
  
• the wind blows;
  

both

• are examples of extreme mobility and so
  
• are seemingly the very opposite of duration,
  

but the laws governing their appearance and subsidence,

their coming and going, endure.

In the same way

the independence of the superior man is not based on

• rigidity and
  
• immobility of character.
  

He always

• keeps abreast of the time and
  
• changes with it.
  

What endures is

• the unswerving directive,
  
• the inner law of his being,
  

  which determines all his actions.
  

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