Contemporary Interpretation

A place like... chicken soup.
A nurturing place.
A place like... chicken soup.
Nourishing
At all levels,
Beyond borders.
And we do
Nothing.
Except:
Accept
Open-handedly
What is.
Dynamics of the Hexagram
The Hexagram






Upper Trigram: Kun, Earth
2nd Core Character: Kun, Earth
1st Core Character: Kun, Earth
Lower Trigram: Kun, Earth
The Hexagram's Dynamic within the Matrix

The Changes in Detail
Lower Trigram: Kun, the Earth
First, Second and Third Change: Kun → Kun, the Earth
Upper Trigram: Kun, the Earth
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
The receptive (02) is supple.
The image
The earth's condition is receptive devotion. Thus the superior man carries the outer world with wide-ranging virtue.
The judgement
The receptive works sublime success, furthered through the perseverance of a mare. If the superior man intends to undertake something and tries to advance, he will go astray. But if he follows, he will find guidance. It is furthering to find friends in the west and south, to forego friends in the east and north. Quiet perseverance brings good fortune.Full text of Richard Wilhelm's 1924 translation by Cary F. Baynes
References and Connotations
- Hexagram 1 → hexagram 2 → hexagram 3
- ST36 (To Walk in the Great Strength of Stillness)
- Winter
- II The High Priestess