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LIII. (The trigram representing) a mountain and above it that for a tree form Kien. The superior man, in accordance with this, attains to and maintains his extraordinary virtue, and makes the manners of the people good.
1. “The danger of a small officer (as represented in the first line)' is owing to no fault of his in the matter of what is right.
2. 'They eat and drink joyfully and at ease :'but not without having earned their food.
3. 'A husband goes and does not return:-he separates himself from his comrades.
'A wife is pregnant, but will not nourish her child :'—she has failed in her (proper) course.
It might be advantageous in resisting plunderers :'—by acting as here indicated men would preserve one another.
4. They may light on the flat branches :'—there is docility in the line) going on to flexible penetration.
5. 'In the end the natural issue cannot be prevented. There will be good fortune :'-(the subject of the line) will get what he desires.
6. “Their feathers can be used as ornaments. There will be good fortune :'-(the object and character of the subject of the line) cannot be disturbed.
accordant with principle. But it is only the master of the virtue belonging to the due mean who can attain to this.'
LIII. The Khang-hsî editors, to bring out the suitability of the Great Symbolism and its application, say: 'A tree springing up on the ground is a tree as it begins to grow. A tree on a hill is high and large. Every tree when it begins to grow, shows its
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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 |