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THE APPENDIXES.
SECT. I.
to bite off the nose:'-(the subject of the line) is mounted on the strong (first line).
3. 'He meets with what is disagreeable and hurtful:'-his position is not the proper one for him.
4. 'It will be advantageous to him to realise the difficulty of his task and be firm, in which case there will be good fortune:'-his light has not yet been sufficiently displayed.
5. 'Let him be firm and correct, realising the peril (of his position), and there will be no error:'-he will possess every quality appropriate (to his position and task).
6. He wears the cangue and is deprived of his ears: he hears, but will not understand.
XXII. (The trigram representing) a mountain and that for fire under it form Pi. The superior. man, in accordance with this, throws a brilliancy around his various processes of government, but does not dare (in a similar way) to decide cases of criminal litigation.
XXI. Khăng-zze says that thunder and lightning are always found together, and hence their trigrams go together to give the idea of union intended in Shih Ho. The one trigram symbolising majesty and the other brightness or intelligence, the applica'tion of the hexagram here is easier and more natural than in many other cases.
I. 'There is no walking:'-that is, the subject of the line will not dare to offend any more.
2. "Being mounted on the strong first line" means,' says Khăng-zze, 'punishing a strong and vehement man, when severity is required, as is denoted by the central position of the line.'
4. His light has not been sufficiently displayed;' that is, there is still something for him to do:-he has to realise the difficulty of his position and be firm.
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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 |