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HEXAGRAM 28 – Ta Kuo – Preponderance of the Great

Above    TUI    THE JOUYOUS, LAKE

Below    SUN    THE GENTLE, WIND, WOOD

This hexagram consists of

• four strong lines inside and
  
• two weak lines outside.
  

1. When
   

• the strong are outside and
  
• the weak inside,
  
  • all is well and
    
  • there is
    
    • nothing out of balance,
      
    • nothing extraordinary in the situation.
      

1. Here, however, the opposite is the case.
   

• The hexagram represents a beam that is
  
  • thick and heavy in the middle but
    
  • too weak at the ends.
    
    • This is a condition that cannot last;
      
    • it must be changed, must pass, or misfortune will result.
      

 

THE JUDGMENT

PREPONDERANCE OF THE GREAT.

The ridgepole sags to the breaking point.

It furthers one to have somewhere to go.

Success.

The weight of the great is excessive.

The load is too heavy for the strength of the supports.

The ridgepole, on which the whole roof rests, sags to the breaking point,

because its supporting ends are too weak for the load they bear.

It is an exceptional time and situation;

therefore

extraordinary measures are demanded.

It is necessary

• to find a way of transition as quickly as possible, and
  
• to take action.
  

This promises success.

For although the strong element is in excess,

it is in the middle, that is, at the center of gravity, so that

a revolution is not to be feared.

Nothing is to be achieved by forcible measures.

The problem must be solved by

gentle penetration to the meaning of the situation

(as is suggested by the attribute of the inner trigram, Sun);

then

the change-over to other conditions will be successful.

It demands real superiority;

therefore

the time when the great preponderates is a momentous time.

 

THE IMAGE

The lake rises above the trees:

The image Of PREPONDERANCE OF THE GREAT.

Thus the superior man,

• when he stands alone, Is unconcerned, And
  
• if he has to renounce the world, He is undaunted.
  

• Extraordinary times when the great preponderates are like
  
• flood times when the lake rises over the treetops.
  

But such conditions are temporary.

The two trigrams indicate the attitude proper to such exceptional times:

• the symbol of the trigram Sun is the tree,
  
  • which stands firm even though it stands alone, and
    
• the attribute of Tui is joyousness,
  
  • which remains undaunted even if it must renounce the world.
    

 

THE LINES

 

Six at the beginning means:

To spread white rushes underneath.

No blame.

When

a man wishes to undertake an enterprise in extraordinary times,

he must be extraordinarily cautious,

just as

when setting a heavy thing down on the floor,

one takes care to put rushes under it, so that nothing will break.

This caution, though it may seem exaggerated, is not a mistake.

Exceptional enterprises cannot succeed unless utmost caution is observed

• in their beginnings and
  
• in the laying of their foundations.
  

 

0 Nine in the second place means:

• A dry poplar sprouts at the root.
  
• An older man takes a young wife.
  

Everything furthers.

Wood is near water; hence

the image of an old poplar sprouting at the root.

This means

an extraordinary reanimation of the processes of growth.

In the same way,

an extraordinary situation arises when an older man marries

a young girl who suits him.

Despite the unusualness of the situation, all goes well.

From the point of view of politics, the meaning is that

in exceptional times one does well to join with the lowly,

for this affords a possibility of renewal.

 

 

MOVING HEXAGRAM

 

 

HEXAGRAM 49 – Ko – Revolution (Molting)

Above    TUI    THE JOYOUS, LAKE

Below    LI    THE CLINGING, FIRE

The Chinese character for this hexagram means in its original sense

an animal’s pelt, which is changed in the course of the year by molting.

From this the word is carried over to apply to

• the “molting” in political life,
  
• the great revolutions connected with changes of governments.
  

The two trigram making up the hexagram are

the same two that appear in K’uei, OPPOSITION (38), that is,

the two younger daughters, Li and Tui.

But while

there

• the elder of the two daughters is above, and
  
  • what results is essentially only an opposition of tendencies,
    

here

• the younger daughter is above.
  
  • The influences are in actual conflict, and
    
  • the forces combat each other like fire and water (lake), each trying to destroy the other.
    

Hence the idea of revolution.

 

THE JUDGMENT

REVOLUTION

On your own day

You are believed.

Supreme success,

Furthering through perseverance.

Remorse disappears.

Political revolutions are extremely grave matters.

They should be undertaken

• only under stress of direst necessity,
  
• when there is no way out.
  

• Not everyone is called to this task,
  
• but only the man who has the confidence of the people, and
  

  even he only when the time is ripe.
  

• He must then proceed in the right way, so that
  
• he
  
  • gladdens the people and, by enlightening them,
    
  • prevents excesses.
    

Furthermore,

he

• must be quite free of selfish aims and
  
• must really relieve the need of the people.
  

Only then does he have nothing to regret.

Times change, and with them their demands.

• Thus the seasons change in the course of the year.
  

In the world cycle also

• there are spring and autumn in the life of peoples and nations, and
  
• these call for social transformations.
  

 

THE IMAGE

Fire in the lake: the image of REVOLUTION.

Thus the superior man

• Sets the calendar in order And
  
• makes the seasons clear.
  

Fire below and the lake above combat and destroy each other.

So too in the course of the year a combat takes place between

• the forces of light and
  
• the forces of darkness,
  
  • eventuating in the revolution of the seasons.
    

Man masters these changes in nature by

• noting their regularity and
  
• marking off the passage of time accordingly.
  

In this way

• order and clarity appear in the apparently chaotic changes of the seasons, and
  
• man is able to adjust himself in advance to the demands of the different times.
  

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