Contemporary Interpretation
Introspection:
separate the clear from the unclear
Before completion
We conduct introspection
[an intimate conversation
with myself]
And then separate
The clear
From the unclear.
Dynamics of the Hexagram
The Hexagram
Upper Trigram: Li, Fire
2nd Core Character: Kan, Water
1st Core Character: Li, Fire
Lower Trigram: Kan, Water
The Hexagram's Dynamic within the Matrix
The Changes in Detail
Lower Trigram: Kan, the Water
First Change: Kan → Li, the Fire
Second Change: Li → Kan, the Water
Third Change: Kan → Li, the Fire
Upper Trigram: Li, the Fire
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
Before completion (64) is the depletion of the male.
The image
Fire above the water: the image of the condition before completion Thus the superior man is careful when differentiating things, so that each finds its place.
The judgement
Before completion. Success. But if the little fox, when it has almost completed the crossing, touches water with the tail, then nothing would be furthering.Full text of Richard Wilhelm's 1924 translation by Cary F. Baynes
References and Connotations
- Hexagram 63 → hexagram 64 → hexagram 1
- KI2 (A Valley of bright Warm Sunshine)
- Summer
- XXI The World