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HEXAGRAM 25 – Wu Wang – Innocence (The Unexpected)

Above    CH’IEN    THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN

Below    CHEN        THE AROUSING, THUNDER

• Ch’ien, heaven, is above;
  
• Chen, movement, is below.
  

The lower trigram Chen is under the influence of the strong line

it has received from above, from heaven.

When, in accord with this,

• movement follows the law of heaven,
  
• man is
  
  • innocent and
    
  • without guile.
    

His mind is

• natural and true,
  
• unshadowed by reflection or ulterior designs.
  

For

• wherever conscious purpose is to be seen,
  
• there the truth and innocence of nature have been lost.
  

Nature that is not directed by the spirit is

• not true
  
• but degenerate nature.
  

Starting out with the idea of the natural,

• the train of thought in part goes somewhat further and thus
  
• the hexagram includes also the idea of the unintentional or unexpected.
  

 

THE JUDGMENT

INNOCENCE. Supreme success.

Perseverance furthers.

If someone is not as he should be,

• He has misfortune,
  

And

• it does not further him To undertake anything.
  

Man has received from heaven a nature innately good,

to guide him in all his movements.

By devotion to this divine spirit within himself,

he attains an unsullied innocence that leads him to do right

• with instinctive sureness and
  
• without any ulterior thought of reward and personal advantage.
  

This instinctive certainty

• brings about supreme success and
  
• “furthers through perseverance.”
  

However,

• not everything instinctive is nature in this higher sense of the word,
  
• but only that which is right and in accord with the will of heaven.
  

Without this quality of rightness,

an unreflecting, instinctive way of acting brings only misfortune.

Confucius says about this:

• “He who departs from innocence,
  
  • what does he come to?
    
• Heaven’s will and blessing
  
  • do not go with his deeds.”
    

 

THE IMAGE

Under heaven thunder rolls: All things attain the natural state of innocence.

Thus the kings of old,

• rich in virtue, and
  
• in harmony with the time,
  

Fostered and nourished all beings.

In springtime

when thunder, life energy, begins to move again under the heavens,

• everything sprouts and grows, and
  
• all beings receive from the creative activity of nature
  

  the childlike innocence of their original state.
  

So it is with the good rulers of mankind:

drawing on the spiritual wealth at their command,

they

• take care of all forms of life and all forms of culture and
  
• do everything to further them, and at the proper time.
  

 

THE LINES

 

0 Nine at the beginning means:

Innocent behavior brings good fortune.

The original impulses of the heart are always good,

so that

we

• may follow them confidently,
  
• assured of good fortune and achievement of our aims.
  

 

0 Nine in the fifth place means:

Use no medicine in an illness

Incurred through no fault of your own.

It will pass of itself.

An unexpected evil may come accidentally from without.

If it

• does not originate in one’s own nature or
  
• have a foothold there,
  

one

• should not resort to external means to eradicate it,
  
• but should quietly let nature take its course.
  

Then improvement will come of itself.

MOVING HEXAGRAM

 

 

HEXAGRAM 35 – Chin – Progress

Above    LI    THE CLINGING, FIRE

Below    K’UN    THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH

The hexagram represents the sun rising over the earth.

It is therefore the symbol of rapid, easy progress,

which at the same time means

• ever widening expansion and
  
• clarity.
  

 

THE JUDGMENT

PROGRESS.

The powerful prince

Is honored with horses in large numbers.

In a single day he is granted audience three times.

As an example of progress, this pictures a time when

a powerful feudal lord

• rallies the other lords around the sovereign and
  
• pledges fealty and peace.
  

The sovereign

• rewards him richly and
  
• invites him to a closer intimacy.
  

A twofold idea is set forth here.

1. The actual effect of the progress emanates from a man
   

• who is in a dependent position and
  
• whom the others
  
  • regard as their equal and
    
  • are therefore willing to follow.
    

This leader has enough clarity of vision

• not to abuse his great influence
  
• but to use it rather for the benefit of his ruler.
  

1. His ruler in turn
   

• is free of all jealousy,
  
• showers presents on the great man, and
  
• invites him continually to his court.
  

• An enlightened ruler and
  
• an obedient servant –
  

this is the condition on which great progress depends.

 

THE IMAGE

The sun rises over the earth: The image Of PROGRESS.

Thus the superior man himself

Brightens his bright virtue.

The light of the sun as it rises over the earth is by nature clear.

The higher the sun rises,

the more it emerges from the dark mists,

spreading the pristine purity of its rays over an ever widening area.

The real nature of man

• is likewise originally good,
  
• but it
  
  • becomes clouded by contact with earthly things and therefore
    
  • needs purification before it can shine forth in its native clarity. 1
    

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