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贲 Hexagram 22
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above: Kên / Keeping Still, Mountain |
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below: Li / The Clinging, Flame |
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CHANGING LINE:
Six in the second place means:
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The beard is not an independent thing; it moves only with the chin. The image therefore means that form is to be considered only as a result and attribute of content. The beard is a superfluous ornament. To devote care to it for its own sake, without regard for the inner content of which it is an ornament, would bespeak a certain vanity.
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