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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APPENDIX I.
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weigh well, however, the events of) three days before (the turning-point), and those (to be done) three days after it:'-the end (of confusion) is the beginning (of order); such is the procedure of Heaven.
XIX. 1. In Lin (we see) the strong (lines) gradually increasing and advancing.
2. (The lower trigram is the symbol of) being pleased, and (the upper of) being compliant. The strong (line) is in the central position, and is properly responded to.
3. 'There is great progress and success, along with firm correctness:'-this is the way of Heaven.
4. 'In the eighth month there will be evil :'-(the advancing power) will decay after no long time.
XX. 1. The great Manifester occupies an upper place (in the figure), which consists of (the trigrams
XVIII. The symbolism here is the opposite of that in Sui. The upper trigram Kăn is strong, denoting, according to king Wăn, 'the youngest son ;' and the lower, Sun, is weak, denoting 'the eldest daughter.' For the eldest daughter to be below the youngest son is eminently correct, and helps to indicate the auspice of great success. The attribute of Sun is pliancy, and that of Kǎn stoppage or arrest. The feeble pliancy confronted by the arresting mountain gives an idea of the evil state implied in Kû.
'Three days before and after the turning-point' is, literally, 'three days before and after kiâ,' kiâ being the name of the first of the 'earthly stems' among the cyclical characters. Hence it has the meaning of 'beginning,' and here denotes the turning-point, at which disorder gives place to order. According to 'the procedure of Heaven,' history is a narrative of change, one condition of affairs constantly giving place to another and opposite. 'A kingdom that cannot be moved' does not enter into the circle of Chinese ideas.
XIX. See what has been said on the fourth paragraph in pp. 98, 99 on the Text. The other paragraphs need no explanation beyond what appears in the supplemented translation.
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