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APPENDIX II.
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XLV. (The trigram representing the) earth and that for the waters of a marsh raised above it form Zhui. The superior man, in accordance with this, has his weapons of war put in good repair, to be prepared against unforeseen contingencies.
1. 'In consequence disorder is brought into the sphere of his union :'-his mind and aim are thrown into confusion.
2. He is led forward ; there will be good fortune, and freedom from error:'-(the virtue proper to) his central place has not undergone any change.
3. "If he go forward, he will not err :'-in the subject of the topmost line there is humility and condescension.
4. If he be grandly fortunate, he will receive no blame :'-(this condition is necessary, because) his position is not the one proper to him.
5. "There is the union (of all) under him in the place of dignity:'-(but) his mind and aim have not yet been brilliantly displayed.
line :'--we have to supply, and therefore there will be no great error.'
Paragraph 4. See what is said on the Text. But that the subject of the line stands alone is owing, it is here implied, to his own impatience. If he could exercise forbearance, he would find a proper opportunity to check the advance of the subject of line 1.
The subject of line 5, while mindful of his task in the hexagram, to repress the advance symbolised by 1,-yet keeps his wise plans concealed till the period of carrying them into execution, determined by the ordinances of Heaven, has arrived. Then comes the successful stroke of his policy as if it were directly from Heaven.
The subject of line 6 really accomplishes nothing to repress the advance of the unworthy; but he keeps himself from evil communication with them. He is not to be charged with blameable error, though more and better might have been expected of him.
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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 |