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SECT. II.
THE SUN HEXAGRAM.
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movement that shall be made. In what shall this (sincerity in the exercise of Sun) be employed ? (Even) in sacrifice two baskets of grain, (though there be nothing else), may be presented.
1. The first line, undivided, shows its subject suspending his own affairs, and hurrying away (to help the subject of the fourth line). He will commit no error, but let him consider how far he should contribute of what is his (for the other).
2. The second line, undivided, shows that it will be advantageous for its subject to maintain a firm correctness, and that action on his part will be evil. He can give increase (to his correlate) without taking from himself.
3. The third line, divided, shows how of three men walking together, the number is diminished by one; and how one, walking, finds his friend.
4. The fourth line, divided, shows its subject diminishing the ailment under which he labours by making the subject of the first line) hasten (to his help), and make him glad. There will be no error.
5. The fifth line, divided, shows parties adding to (the stores of) its subject ten pairs of tortoise shells, and accepting no refusal. There will be great good fortune.
removing all that is contrary to the peace and good order of the kingdom. It will be his duty to remove especially all the small men represented by the divided lines, which he can do with the help of his strong correlate in 2. Then even the small men will change their.ways, and repair to him.
Line 6 is the highest line in the figure, but not the place of the ruler. Hence it appears as occupied by a feudal duke, who carries out the idea of the figure against small men, according to the symbolism employed,
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| SR No. | 007676 |
| Book Title | Text of Confucianism Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Legge |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1882 |
| Total Pages | 2405 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 43 MB |