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.
SECT. II.
of the kingdom. His future shall be to go into the earth :'-he has failed to fulfil the model (of a ruler).
XXXVII. (The trigram representing) fire, and that for wind coming forth from it, form Kia Zăn. The superior man, in accordance with this, orders his words according to (the truth of) things, and his conduct so that it is uniformly consistent.
1. 'He establishes restrictive regulations in his household :-(he does so), before any change has taken place in their wills.
2. The good fortune attached to the second line, divided,' is due to the docility (of its subject), operating with humility.
3. When the members of the household are treated with stern severity, there has been no (great) failure in the regulation of the family). When 'wife and children are smirking and chattering,' the (proper) economy of the family has been lost.
4. The family is enriched, and there is great
XXXVI. The application of the Great Symbolism here is in itself sufficiently natural; but this meaning of the hexagram hardly appears in the text, till we come to the sixth line.
Paragraph 1. 'He thinks it right not to eat;'-he does not purposely fast; but when he has nothing to eat, he does not complain. He thinks it right that it should be so in the case.
Paragraph 2. The proper fashion of acting' is suggested by the weak line's being in the central place.
Paragraph 3. "The great achievement is accomplished;' but such achievement was not what prompted to action.
Paragraph 4. The idea in his inner mind' is the idea of withdrawing from the position and escaping; but the meaning is obscure. See on the Text.
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