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AEX. 2.
APPENDIX II.
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4. 'A sack tied up;—there will be no error:'this shows how, through carefulness, no injury will be received.
5. •The yellow lower-garment;—there will be great good fortune:'- this follows from that ornamental (colour's) being in the right and central place.
6. “The dragons fight in the wild :'—the (onward) course (indicated by Khwăn) is pursued to extremity.
7. '(The lines are all weak and divided, as appears from) the use of the number six :'- but (those who are thus represented) becoming perpetually correct and firm, there will thereby be a great consummation.
II. Khwan is formed by redoubling the trigram of the same name and having the earth for its symbol.' As in the former hexagram, the repetition is emphatic, not otherwise affecting the meaning of the hexagram. "As there is but one heaven,' says Ka Hsi, so there is but one earth.' The first part of the Great Symbolism'appears in Canon McClatchie's version as—Khwăn is the generative part of earth.' By generative part' he probably means the productive or prolific faculty.' If he mean anything else, there comes out a conclusion antagonistic to his own view of the mythology of the Yf. The character Shî, which he translates by generative part,' is defined in Dr. Williams' dictionary as
the virility of males. Such is the special significance of it. If it were so used here, the earth would be masculine.
It is difficult to say exactly what the writer meant by- The superior man, in accordance with this, and with his large nature, supports (men and) things.' Lin Hsî-ylan (Ming dynasty) says :"The superior man, in his single person, sustains the burden of all under the sky. The common people depend on him for their rest and enjoyment Birds and beasts and creeping things, and the tribes of the vegetable kingdom, depend on him for the fulfilment of their destined being. If he be of a narrow mind and cold virtue, how can he help them? Their hope in him would be in vain.'
The Smaller Symbolism' is sufficiently dealt with in the notes on the Text.
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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 |