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大有 Hexagram 14
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above: Li / The Clinging, Flame |
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below: Ch'ien / The Creative, Heaven |
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CHANGING LINE:
Nine in the third place means:
Lakshmi - Goddess of Wealth A magnanimous, liberal-minded man should not regard what he possesses as his exclusive personal property, but should place it at the disposal of the ruler or of the people at large. In so doing, he takes the right attitude toward his possession, which as private property can never endure. A petty man is incapable of this. He is harmed by great possessions, because instead of sacrificing them, he would keep them for himself.1 1. This offers the same dictum about possessions as that found in the words of the Bible: "Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it" [Luke 17:33]. |
