

But this trigram also means inhering or in adhering to - being attached to. Its attribute is brightness, and by a natural metaphor: intelligence. Legge: Clarity is the trigram of fire and light, and the sun is the source of both of these. Nourishing a passive docility will lead to good fortune.
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The magnetic second line is central and correct, indicating a free and successful course. The double brightness of the two trigrams is rooted in correctness, and all under heaven are thereby transformed. The sun and moon have their roots in heaven, and all the growing things have their roots in the earth. Thus the great man carries on the brightness to shine the four corners of the earth.Ĭonfucius/Legge: Clarity means clinging attachment.

Great people illumine the four quarters with continuing illumination. Ĭleary (2): Illumination doubled makes fire. Thus do great people illumine the four quarters with continuing light. Great People use consecutive brightening to illuminate tending- towards the four sides.Ĭleary (1): Light has dual function. Ritsema/Karcher: Brightness doubled arousing Radiance. A great man perpetuates the light and illuminates the four corners of the universe. The Superior Man, by perpetuating the brilliance of the ancients, illuminates every quarter of the earth. Thus the great man, by perpetuating this brightness, illuminates the four quarters of the world.īlofeld: This hexagram symbolizes fire rising in two tongues of brilliant flame. Wilhelm/Baynes: That which is bright rises twice: the image of Fire. The great man, in accordance with this, cultivates more and more his brilliant virtue, and diffuses its brightness over the four quarters of the land.

Legge: The image of brightness repeated forms Clarity. Wu: Allegiance indicates that it will be advantageous to be persevering and pervasion will follow. Raising a cow brings good fortune.Ĭleary (2): Fire is beneficial if correct then there is success, etc. Shaughnessy: The Net: Beneficial to determine receipt raising a cow is auspicious.Ĭleary(1): Fire is beneficial for correctness and development. Ritsema/Karcher: Radiance, Harvesting Trial. To take care of the cow leads to good fortune. Care of the cow brings good fortune.īlofeld: Flaming beauty. The nourishment of bovine docility creates good fortune. Legge: The free course and success of Clarity comes from firm correctness. Other titles: The Clinging, The Symbol of Brightness and of Separateness, Flaming Beauty, Radiance, Fire, The Net, Allegiance, The Cosmic Mean, Synergy, Sunlight, Perception, Pertaining to Comprehension, The Light, Consciousness, Lucidity
