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否 Hexagram 12
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above: Ch'ien / The Creative, Heaven |
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below: K'un / The Receptive, Earth |
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CHANGING LINE:
Nine in the fifth place means:
When a mulberry bush is cut down, a number of unusually strong shoots sprout from the roots. Hence the image of tying something to a cluster of mulberry shoots is used to symbolise the way of making success certain.
Pokeweed bush (Phytolacca) - Amerongen Holland 2011 - photo Lex van den Bos Kongfu (Confucius) says about this line: Danger arises when a man feels secure in his position. Destruction threatens when a man seeks to preserve his worldly estate. Confusion develops when a man has put everything in order. Therefore the superior man does not forget danger in his security, nor ruin when he is well established, nor confusion when his affairs are in order. In this way he gains personal safety and is able to protect the empire. |
