![]() Here the zenith of life has been reached. Matters end badly when a man spends himself too rapidly and consumes Restless may rise quickly to prominence but produces no lasting effects. Image used is that of a meteor or a straw fire. ![]() Everything depends upon how the clarity functions. Clarity of mind is rooted in life but can alsoĬonsume it. HeĬultivates himself, awaits his allotted time, and in this way secures his fate.Ĭlarity of mind has the same relation to life that fire has to wood. Superior man it makes no difference whether death comes early or late. Life while it lasts, or else they yield to melancholy and spoil the precious timeīy lamenting the approach of old age. The transitoriness of life impels them to uninhibited revelry in order to enjoy Caught in this externalīondage, men are usually robbed of their inner freedom as well. The fact that life is transitory and conditional. The light of the setting sun calls to mind Yellow light is therefore a symbol of the highest cultureĪnd art, whose consummate harmony consists in holding to the mean. Midday has come the sun shines with a yellow light. ![]() Important, because the beginning holds the seed of all that is to follow. It is precisely at the beginning that serious concentration is Of mind needed for coming to terms with the innumerable impressions that If one is serious and composed, he can acquire the clarity Then to preserve inner composure and not to allow oneself to be swept alongīy the bustle of life. World in sleep now its connections with the world begin again. Through the clarity of his nature he causes the light to spreadįarther and farther and to penetrate the nature of man ever more deeply. The great man continues the work of nature in the Together represent the repeated movement of the sun, the function of light Himself an attitude of compliance and voluntary dependence, man acquiresĬlarity without sharpness and finds his place in the world.Įach of the two trigrams represents the sun in the course of a day. The cow is the symbol of extreme docility. Human life on earth is conditionedĪnd unfree, and when man recognizes this limitation and makes himselfĭependent upon the harmonious and beneficent forces of the cosmos, heĪchieves success. So too the twofold clarity of the dedicated man clings to what is Thus the sun and moon cling to heaven, and grain, grass, and trees cling to Light is dependent on something to which it clings, in order that it may That perseveres otherwise it will in time burn itself out. A luminous thing giving out light must have within itself something What is dark clings to what is light and so enhances the brightness of the Shut within the body, Li stands for nature in its radiance. As water pours downįrom heaven, so fire flames up from the earth. Fire has no definiteįorm but clings to the burning object and thus is bright. The Creative has incorporated the central line of the Whereby the two strong lines are made bright. Something," and also "brightness." A dark line clings to two light lines, oneĪbove and one below - the image of an empty space between two strong lines, The interpretations above and comments below are from Richard Wilhelm's version of the I CHING. The king uses him to march forth and chastise.Īnd take captive the followers. Or loudly bewail the approach of old age. Note that the lines are counted from the bottom up. ![]() The Lines These texts apply only for the lines that were marked, when the hexagram was cast. Illumines the four quarters of the world. Thus the great man, by perpetuating this brightness,
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