Contemporary Interpretation
Inhale. Exhale.
Follow your own rhythm.
Sigh deeply. Let go.
Center yourself, come into your own heart.
Connect to your own rhythm -
And then, out of this rhythm:
Let action grow.
All by itself.
Without active doing
Dynamics of the Hexagram
The Hexagram
Upper Trigram: Sun, Wind (Tree)
2nd Core Character: Gen, Mountain
1st Core Character: Zhen, Thunder
Lower Trigram: Dui, Lake
The Hexagram's Dynamic within the Matrix
The Changes in Detail
Lower Trigram: Dui, the Lake
First Change: Dui → Zhen, the Thunder
Second Change: Zhen → Gen, the Mountain
Third Change: Gen → Sun, the Wind / Tree
Upper Trigram: Sun, the Wind / Tree
Follow the Path of the Dao: A Western Approximation
The Interplay of Yin and Yang
Changes and Impulses
Exemplary Experiences
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Classical Interpretation
Inner truth (61) signifies reliability.
The image
Wind over the lake: the image of inner truth. Thus the superior man discusses criminal cases in order to delay executions.
The judgement
Inner truth. Pigs and fishes. Good fortune! It furthers one to cross the great water. Perseverance furthers.Full text of Richard Wilhelm's 1924 translation by Cary F. Baynes
References and Connotations
- Hexagram 60 → hexagram 61 → hexagram 62
- LU11 (Our Inner Quality of Values)
- XVII The Star, Nine of Wands and Page of Cups