44. Kou; Coming to meet Above; Ch'ien the Creative heaven Below; Sun the Gentle wind |
21st Century |
Comparisons |
| Preparedness is essential. The unexpected always comes.
Something you thought was gone, fixed, eliminated; something you don't like will re-erupt. Complacency it fuels its strength. While it is still just renewed it will be easier to handle than when it has fed for some time on the weaknesses which its presence extracts. Temptation sings but circumstances prevent you from indulging so, inadvertently, you are protected. However the remaining desire makes you erratic and disquiet fills your head. Understand what is driving you crazy in some way in the future you will be better able to handle it. Not with violence but with rationality which at the moment the passion you feel precludes. Temptation is like a melon. Sweet yet it goes off quickly. Take command of temptation and the fruits of weakness will fall away leaving you unencumbered. Some people withdraw from temptation by withdrawing from life. They hear the criticism of those still engaged with the world but it does not move them. They are withdrawn, in fact have succumbed to the temptation of disengagement. They no longer have an effect and in fact the world has no effect on them. It is sad but in some cases, like Alzheimers, no one is to blame. |
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Below are the comparative interpretations of a) Legge, b) Willhelm, c) Riefler, d) Crowley
a) should be kept (like a carriage) tied and fastened to a metal drag, in which case with firm correctness there will be good fortune. (But) if he move in any direction, evil will appear. He will be (like) a lean pig, which is sure to keep jumping about.
b) It must be checked with a brake of bronze. Perseverance brings good fortune. If one lets it take its course, one experiences misfortune. Even a lean pig has it in him to rage around.
c) The man should be stymied like a carriage both braked and tied. Otherwise he is like a lean pig trampling around. Auspicious if you keep to your course. Ominous if you move in any direction.
d) Restrain weak folly - or woo melancholy!
a) with a wallet of fish. There will be no error. But it will not be well to let (the subject of the first line) go forward to the guests.
b) There is a fish in the tank. No blame. Does not further guests.
c) The man has basket of fish. He should not approach the guests. No mistakes.
d) Here's fish - but ask not fishy folk to dine!
a) one from whose buttocks the skin has been stripped so that he walks with difficulty. The position is perilous, but there will be no great error.
b) There is no skin on his thighs, And walking comes hard. If one is mindful of the danger, No great mistake is made.
c) His buttocks have been flayed and he walks with difficulty. Peril but no mistakes.
d) Defeated, yes, but not at meat with swine!
a) with his wallet, but no fish in it. This will give rise to evil.
b) No fish in the tank. This leads to misfortune.
c) The man has his basket, but there are no fish in it. Ominous.
d) No fish - because thou hast mixed with thieves, in fine.
a) a medlar tree overspreading the gourd (beneath it). If he keep his brilliant qualities concealed, (a good issue) will descend (as) from Heaven.
b) A melon covered with willow leaves. Hidden lines. Then it drops down to one from heaven.
c) The medlar tree throws a shadow on the gourd beneath it. If he keeps his brilliance concealed, heaven will reward him with success.
d) Conceal thy virtues -cellars ripen wine!
a) receiving others on his horns. There will be occasion for regret, but there will be no error.
b) He comes to meet with his horns. Humiliation. No blame.
c) He greets everyone with his horns. regrets, but no mistakes.
d) But hermits lose things human for divine.