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蛊 Hexagram 18
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above: Kên / Keeping Still, Mountain |
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below: Sun / The Gentle, Wind |
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CHANGING LINE:
Nine at the top means:
Entry of Napoleon into Berlin, October 27, 1806 - Charles Meynier, 1810 Not every man has an obligation to mingle in the affairs of the world. There are some who are developed to such a degree that they are justified in letting the world go its own way and in refusing to enter public life with a view to reforming it. But this does not imply a right to remain idle or to sit back and merely criticise. Such withdrawal is justified only when we strive to realize in ourselves the higher aims of mankind. For although the sage remains distant from the turmoil of daily life, he creates incomparable human values for the future.1
Napoleon Bonaparte 1. Goethe's attitude after the Napoleonic wars is an example of this in European history. |
