Contemporary Interpretation
Debris turns humus
A seemingly
Inflexible
Situation
Which
Surprisingly
resolves:
Debris
Turns humus.
Dynamics of the Hexagram
The Hexagram
Upper Trigram: Kan, Water
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 → Kan, the Water
Upper Trigram: Kan, the Water
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
Limitation (60) signifies adherence.
The image
Water above the lake: the image of limitation. Thus the superior man verifies number and dimension and examines the nature of virtue and adequate conduct.
The judgement
Limitation. Success. In bitter limitation one should not practice with perseverance.Full text of Richard Wilhelm's 1924 translation by Cary F. Baynes
References and Connotations
- Hexagram 59 → hexagram 60 → hexagram 61
- LU5 (An Expansive Marshland)
- Winter
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