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THE APPENDIXES.
SECT. II.
describes the arrest of) the weak (line) in its advancing course.
2. He has a wallet of fish :'-it is right for him not to allow (the subject of the first line) to get to the guests.
3. 'He walks with difficulty:'-— but his steps have not yet been drawn into the course of the first line).
4. 'The evil' indicated by there being 'no fish in the wallet' is owing to the subject of the line) keeping himself aloof from the people.
5. "The subject of the fifth line, undivided, keeps his brilliant qualities concealed :'-as is indicated by his central and correct position.
(The good issue) descends (as) from Heaven :'his aim does not neglect the ordinances (of Heaven).
6. He receives others on his horns :-he is exhausted at his greatest height, and there will be cause for regret.
XLIV. Wind, blowing all-under the sky, penetrates everywhere, and produces its natural effect; and it is a good application of this phenomenon that follows; but it has nothing to do with the meaning of Kâu and the interpretation of the hexagram, as taught in the Text. The Khang-hsi editors perceive this, and deal with the Symbolism after a method of their own, on which it is unnecessary to enter.
Paragraph 1. My supplement, This describes the arrest of,' is a conclusion from the whole of the Text on the line. All the commentaries have it.
In the Daily Lecture' it is said that the lesson of paragraph 2 is that the subject of the line should make the repression of 1 his own exclusive work, and not allow it to pass on to the subject of any of the other lines.' That view is rather different from the one indicated in my supplement
His steps have not been drawn into the course of the first
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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 |