Text of Confucianism Part 02

SR No.: 007676
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

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THE APPENDIXES.
XVII. 1. In Sui we see the strong (trigram) come and place itself under the weak; we see (in the two) the attributes of movement and pleasure:— this gives (the idea of) Sui.
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2. 'There will be great progress and success; and through firm correctness no error:'-all under heaven will be found following at such a time.
3. Great indeed are the time and significance indicated in Sui.
XVIII. 1. In Kû we have the strong (trigram) above, and the weak one below; we have (below) pliancy, and (above) stopping: - these give the idea of Ku (a Troublous Condition of affairs verging to ruin).
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2. Kû indicates great progress and success:'(through the course shown in it), all under heaven, there will be good order. 'There will be advantage in crossing the great stream:'-he who advances will encounter the business to be done. (He should
in Appendix II? Then the analogy between natural phenomena and human and social experiences comes into play.
Paragraph 3 is also tantalising. Why does the writer introduce the subject of punishments and penalties? Are they a consequence of putting the hosts in motion?
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XVII. The trigrams Kan and Tui are distinguished as strong and weak, Kǎn representing, on king Wăn's scheme, 'the eldest son,' and Tui, 'the youngest daughter.' But the strong' here may mean the strong line, the lowest in the hexagram. As Wang Sung-kwan (Sung dynasty) says:-'The yang and strong line should not be below a yin and weak line, as we find it here. That is, in Sui the high places himself below the low, and the noble below the mean:'-esteeming others higher than himself, and giving the idea of following. Then Kăn denotes the production or excitement of motion, and Tui denotes pleasure; and the union of these things suggests the same idea.
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