渐 Hexagram 53
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above: Sun / The Gentle, Wind, Wood |
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below: Kên / Keeping Still, Mountain |
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CHANGING LINE:
Nine in the third place means:
It is the same in human life. If we do not let things develop quietly but plunge of our own choice too rashly into a struggle, misfortune results. A man jeopardises his own life, and his family perishes thereby. However, this is not at all necessary; it is only the result of transgressing the law of natural development. If one does not willfully provoke a conflict, but confines himself to vigorously maintaining his own position and to warding off unjustified attacks, all goes well. |