no2DO - eine Annäherung aus Westen
Contemporary Interpretation

Ideally, inspiration falls
onto fertile grounds.
Ideally,
Inspiration falls
Onto fertile grounds:
A clear spirit
Lets the seed
Grow into a tree
Whose fruit
Feeds us.
The Changes






Upper Trigram: Dui, Lake
2nd Core Character: Sun, Wind (Tree)
1st Core Character: Li, Fire
Lower Trigram: Dui, Lake
Informationen zum InterpretationsmodellClassical Interpretation
The joyous (58) is obvious.
The image
Lakes resting upon each other: the image of the joyous. Thus together with his friends the superior man meets for discussion and practice.
The judgement
The joyous. Success. Perseverance is favourable.
Dynamics of the Hexagram

Lower Trigram: Dui, the Lake
First Change: Dui → Li, the Fire
Second Change: Li → Sun, the Wind / Tree
Third Change: Sun → Dui, the Lake
Upper Trigram: Dui, the Lake
Follow the Path of the Dao: A Western Approximation
The interpretations shown above gradually moved away from Eastern concepts. Let us proceed even a little further. In this section I develop a model of interpretation from a Western perspective, more precisely: from the perspective of philosophical anthropology.
A detailed article on the subject can be found here: A Western Approximation
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