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HEXAGRAM 43 – Kuai – Break-through (Resoluteness)

Above Tui THE JOYOUS, LAKE

Below CH’IEN THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN

This hexagram signifies

on the one hand

a break-through after a long accumulation of tension,

as a swollen river breaks through its dikes, or in the manner of a cloudburst.

On the other hand, applied to human conditions,

it refers to the time when inferior people gradually begin to disappear.

Their influence is on the wane;

as a result of resolute action,

a change in conditions occurs,
a break-through.

The hexagram is linked with the third month [April-May].

THE JUDGMENT

BREAK-THROUGH.

One must resolutely make the matter known At the court of the king.
It must be announced truthfully.

Danger.

It is necessary to notify one’s own city.

It does not further to resort to arms.
It furthers one to undertake something.

Even if only one inferior man is occupying a ruling position in a city, he
- is able to oppress superior men.
Even a single passion still lurking in the heart
- has power to obscure reason.
Passion and reason cannot exist side by side – therefore
- fight without quarter is necessary if the good is to prevail.

In a resolute struggle of the good against evil, there are, however,

definite rules that must not be disregarded, if it is to succeed.

First,

resolution must be based on a union of

strength and
friendliness.

Second,

a compromise with evil is not possible;

evil must under all circumstances be openly discredited.
Nor must our own passions and shortcomings be glossed over.

Third,

the struggle must not be carried on directly by force.

evil is branded,
- it thinks of weapons,

and

we do it the favor of fighting against it blow for blow,
- we lose in the end

because thus

we ourselves get entangled in hatred and passion.

Therefore

it is important

to begin at home,
to be on guard in our own persons against the faults we have branded.

In this way,

finding no opponent,
the sharp edges of the weapons of evil become dulled.

For the same reasons

we should not combat our own faults directly.

As long as we wrestle with them,
they continue victorious.

Finally,

the best way to fight evil is to make energetic progress in the good.

THE IMAGE

The lake has risen up to heaven: The image of BREAK-THROUGH.

Thus the superior man

Dispenses riches downward

And

refrains from resting on his virtue.

When the water of a lake has risen up to heaven,
- there is reason to fear a cloudburst.
Taking this as a warning,
- the superior man forestalls a violent collapse.

a man were to pile up riches for himself alone, without considering others,
he would certainly experience a collapse.

For all gathering is followed by dispersion.

Therefore

the superior man begins to distribute while he is accumulating.

In the same way,

in developing his character

he takes care

not to become hardened in obstinacy

but

to remain receptive to impressions

by help of strict and continuous self-examination.

THE LINES

Nine in the third place means:

To be powerful in the cheekbones Brings Misfortune.

The superior man is firmly resolved.

walks alone

and

is caught in the rain.

is bespattered,

And

people murmur against him.

No blame.

Here we have a man in an ambiguous situation.

While

all others are engaged in a resolute fight against all that is inferior,
he alone has a certain relationship with an inferior man.

he were to

show strength outwardly

and

turn against this man before the time is ripe,

would only endanger the entire situation,

because

the inferior man

would too quickly have recourse to countermeasures.

The task of the superior man becomes extremely difficult here.

must be firmly resolved within himself

and, while maintaining association with the inferior man,

avoid any participation in his vileness.

He will of course be misjudged.

It will be thought that he belongs to the party of the inferior man.

He will be lonely because no one will understand him.

His relations with the inferior man will sully him in the eyes of the multitudes

and

they will turn against him, grumbling.

But

can endure this lack of appreciation

and

makes no mistake,

because

remains true to himself.

Nine in the fourth place means:

There is no skin on his thighs,

And

walking comes hard.

a man were to let himself be led like a sheep,

Remorse would disappear.

But

these words are heard

They will not be believed.

Here a man

is suffering from inner restlessness

and

cannot abide in his place.

would like to push forward under any circumstances,

but

encounters insuperable obstacles.

Thus his situation entails an inner conflict.

This is due to the obstinacy with which he seeks to enforce his will.

he would desist from this obstinacy,

everything would go well.

But this advice, like so much other good counsel,

will be ignored.

For obstinacy

makes a man unable to hear,
for all that he has ears.

MOVING HEXAGRAM

HEXAGRAM 60 – Chieh – Limitation

Above K’AN THE ABYSMAL, WATER

Below TUI THE JOYOUS, LAKE

A lake occupies a limited space.

When more water comes into it,

it overflows.

Therefore

limits must be set for the water.

The image shows

water below and
water above,
with the firmament between them as a limit.

The Chinese word for limitation really

denotes the joints that divide a bamboo stalk.

In relation to ordinary life
- it means the thrift that sets fixed limits upon expenditures.
In relation to the moral sphere
- it means the fixed limits that the superior man sets upon his actions –
  
  the limits of loyalty and disinterestedness.

THE JUDGMENT

LIMITATION.

Success.

Galling limitation must not be persevered in.

Limitations are troublesome,

but

they are effective.

we live economically in normal times,
we are prepared for times of want.

To be sparing saves us from humiliation.

Limitations are also indispensable in the regulation of world conditions.

In nature there are fixed limits for

summer and winter,
day and night, and

these limits give the year its meaning.

In the same way,

economy,

by setting fixed limits upon expenditures,

acts to

preserve property and
prevent injury to the people.

But in limitation

we must observe due measure.

If a man should seek to impose galling limitations upon his own nature,
- it would be injurious.

And

if he should go too far in imposing limitations on others,
- they would rebel.

Therefore

it is necessary to set limits even upon limitations

THE IMAGE

Water over lake: the image of LIMITATION.

Thus

the superior man

Creates number and measure, And
examines the nature of virtue and correct conduct.

A lake is something limited.
Water is inexhaustible.

A lake

can contain only a definite amount of the infinite quantity of water;
this is its peculiarity.

In human life too

the individual achieves significance through

discrimination and
the setting of limits.

Therefore

what concerns us here is

the problem of clearly defining these discriminations,

which are, so to speak,

the backbone of morality.

Unlimited possibilities are not suited to man;
if
they existed,
his life would only dissolve in the boundless.

To become strong,

a man’s life needs the limitations

ordained by duty and
voluntarily accepted.

The individual attains significance as a free spirit only

by surrounding himself with these limitations and
by determining for himself what his duty is.

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