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APPENDIX II.
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XXXVI. (The trigram representing) the earth and that for the bright (sun) entering within it form Ming i. The superior man, in accordance with this, conducts his management of men ;-he shows his intelligence by keeping it obscured.
1. “The superior man (is revolving his) going away:'-(in such a case) he feels it right not to eat.
2. “The good fortune of the subject of) the second line, divided,' is due to the proper fashion of his acting according to his circumstances.
3. With the aim represented by ‘hunting in the south' a great achievement is accomplished.
4. 'He has (just) entered into the left side of the belly (of the dark land):'-he is still able to carry out the idea in his inner) mind.
5. With the firm correctness of the count of Ki,' his brightness could not be (quite) extinguished.
6. 'He had at first ascended to (the top of) the sky:'-he might have enlightened the four quarters
the application of this symbolism, HQ Ping-wăn (Yuan dynasty) says :- Of strong things there is none so strong as heaven; and hence the superior man after its pattern makes himself strong; of bright things there is none so bright as the sun, and after its pattern he makes himself bright.'
If the subject of line i had received an official charge, then when unrecognised by his sovereign, and obstructed in his progress, his correct course would have been to cease to advance, and retire from the office in which he was not allowed to carry out his principles.
There is nothing said on line 2 to explain particularly the symbolism of the grandmother' in the Text.
The course of procedure' in paragraph 6 has still an element of force in it, which is more than the firm correctness' that was to king Wăn the ideal character of a feudal lord, and therefore his light is not yet that of the full-orbed sun.
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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 |