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HEXAGRAM 38 – K’uei – Opposition

Above    LI    THE CLINGING, FLAME

Below    TUI    THE JOYOUS, LAKE

This hexagram is composed of the trigram

• Li above, i.e., flame, which burns upward, and
  
• Tui below, i.e., the lake, which seeps downward.
  

These two movements are in direct contrast.

Furthermore,

• Li is the second daughter and
  
• Tui the youngest daughter, and
  

although

they live in the same house

they belong, to different men;

hence their wills

• are not the same
  
• but are divergently directed.
  

 

THE JUDGMENT

OPPOSITION.

In small matters, good fortune.

When people live in

• opposition and
  
• estrangement
  

they cannot carry out a great undertaking in common;

their points of view diverge too widely.

In such circumstances

• one should above all not proceed brusquely,
  

  for that would only increase the existing opposition;
  

instead,

• one should limit oneself to producing gradual effects in small matters.
  

Here success can still be expected,

because

the situation is such that

the opposition does not preclude all agreement.

In general,

opposition appears as an obstruction, but when

• it represents polarity within a comprehensive whole,
  
• it has also its useful and important functions.
  

The oppositions of

• heaven and earth,
  
• spirit and nature,
  
• man and woman,
  

when reconciled,

bring about the creation and reproduction of life.

In the world of visible things,

the principle of opposites makes possible

the differentiation by categories

through which order is brought into the world.

 

THE IMAGE

Above, fire,

below, the lake:

The image of OPPOSITION.

Thus amid all fellowship

The superior man retains his individuality.

The two elements, fire and water,

never mingle

but even when in contact

retain their own natures.

So

• the cultured man is never led into baseness or vulgarity
  

  through intercourse or community of interests with persons of another sort;
  

  regardless of all commingling,
  

• he will always preserve his individuality.
  

 

THE LINES

 

Nine at the beginning means:

Remorse disappears.

• If you lose your horse,
  
  • do not run after it; It will come back of its own accord.
    
• When you see evil people,
  
  • Guard yourself against mistakes.
    

Even in times when oppositions prevail,

• mistakes can be avoided, so that
  
• remorse disappears.
  

When opposition begins to manifest itself,

• a man must not try to bring about unity by force, for by so doing
  
• he would only achieve the contrary,
  

just as

• a horse goes farther and farther away
  
  • if one runs after it.
    
• it is one’s own horse, one can safely let it go;
  
  • it will come back of its own accord.
    

So too

• when someone who belongs with us is momentarily estranged
  

  because of a misunderstanding,
  

• he will return of his own accord
  

  if we leave matters to him.
  

On the other hand,

it is well to be cautious when

evil men who do not belong with us force themselves upon us,

again as the result of a misunderstanding.

Here the important thing is to avoid mistakes.

• We must not try to shake off these evil men by force;
  
  • this would give rise to real hostility.
    
• We must simply endure them.
  
  • They will eventually withdraw of their own accord.
    

 

0 Nine in the second place means:

One meets his lord in a narrow street.

No blame.

As a result of misunderstandings,

it has become impossible for people who by nature belong together

to meet in the correct way.

This being so,

an accidental meeting under informal circumstances

may serve the purpose,

provided there is an inner affinity between them.

 

0 Six in the fifth place means:

Remorse disappears.

The companion bites his way through the wrappings.

If one goes to him,

How could it be a mistake?

Coming upon a sincere man,

• one fails to recognize him at first because of the general estrangement.
  

However,

• he bites his way through the wrappings that are causing the separation.
  

When such a companion thus reveals himself in his true character,

it is one’s duty

• to go to meet him and
  
• to work with him.
  

 

Nine at the top means:

Isolated through opposition,

One sees one’s companion

• as a pig covered with dirt,
  
• As a wagon full of devils.
  

First

• one draws a bow against him,
  

Then

• one lays the bow aside.
  

• He is not a robber;
  
• he will woo at the right time.
  

As one goes, rain falls;

then good fortune comes.

Here

the isolation is due to misunderstanding;

it is brought about

• not by outer circumstances
  
• but by inner conditions.
  

A man misjudges his best friends, taking them to be

• as unclean as a dirty pig and
  
• as dangerous as a wagon full of devils.
  

He adopts an attitude of defense.

But in the end, realizing his mistake,

he lays aside the bow,

perceiving that the other is approaching with the best intentions

for the purpose of close union.

Thus

the tension is relieved.

• The union resolves the tension,
  

just as

• falling rain relieves the sultriness preceding a thunderstorm.
  

All goes well,

for just when

• opposition reaches its climax
  
• it changes over to its antithesis.
  

1.    Cutting off of the hair and nose was a severe and degrading punishment.

 

 

MOVING HEXAGRAM

 

 

HEXAGRAM 45 – Ts’ui – Gathering Together (Massing)

Above    Tui    THE JOYOUS, LAKE

Below    K’UN    THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH

This hexagram is related in form and meaning to Pi, HOLDING TOGETHER (8).

• In the latter, water is over the earth;
  
• here a lake is over the earth.
  

But since the lake is a place where water collects,

the idea of gathering together is even more strongly expressed here than in the other hexagram.

The same idea also arises from the fact that

• in the present case it is two strong lines (the fourth and the fifth) that
  
  • bring about the gathering together,
    

whereas

• in the former case one strong line (the fifth)
  
  • stands in the midst of weak lines.
    

 

THE JUDGMENT

GATHERING TOGETHER.

Success.

The king approaches his temple.

It furthers one to see the great man.

This brings success.

Perseverance furthers.

To bring great offerings creates good fortune.

It furthers one to undertake something,

The gathering together of people in large communities is

• either a natural occurrence, as in the case of the family,
  
• or an artificial one, as in the case of the state.
  

The family gathers about the father as its head.

The perpetuation of this gathering in groups is achieved through the sacrifice to the ancestors,

at which the whole clan is gathered together.

Through the collective piety of the living members of the family,

• the ancestors become so integrated in the spiritual life of the family that
  
• it cannot be dispersed or dissolved.
  

1. Where men are to be gathered together,
   

   religious forces are needed.
   

2. But there must also be a human leader to serve as the center of the group.
   

   In order to be able to bring others together,
   

this leader must first of all be collected within himself.

Only collective moral force can unite the world.

• Such great times of unification will leave great achievements behind them.
  

  This is the significance of the great offerings that are made.
  

• In the secular sphere likewise there is need of great deeds
  

  in the time of GATHERING TOGETHER.
  

 

THE IMAGE

Over the earth, the lake: The image Of GATHERING TOGETHER.

Thus the superior man renews his weapons In order to meet the unforeseen.

If the water in the lake gathers until it rises above the earth,

• there is danger of a break-through.
  

  Precautions must be taken to prevent this.
  

Similarly

• where men gather together in great numbers, strife is likely to arise;
  
• where possessions are collected, robbery is likely to occur.
  

Thus in the time of GATHERING TOGETHER

we must arm promptly to ward off the unexpected.

Human woes usually come as a result of unexpected events against which we are not forearmed.

If we are prepared, they can be prevented.

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