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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HEX. 63.
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a minister should not overpass the distance (be-. tween his ruler and himself).
3. Some in consequence find opportunity to assail and injure him. There will be evil:'-how great will it be!
4. 'He meets the exigency (of his situation), without exceeding (the proper course):'-(he does so), the position being inappropriate (for a strong line).
'If he go forward, there will be peril, and he must be cautious :'—the result would be that his course would not be long pursued.
5. "There are dense clouds, but no rain :'-(the line) is in too high a place.
6. 'He does not meet the exigency (of his situation), and exceeds (his proper course):'-(the position indicates) the habit of domineering.
LXIII. (The trigram representing) fire and that for water above it form Ki 31. The superior
LXII. The Khang-hsî editors endeavour to show the appropriateness of the Great Symbolism in this way :- When thunder issues from the earth, the sound of it comes with a rush and is loud; but when it reaches the top of a hill it has begun to die away and is small.' There is nothing in the Chinese about the hills being high; and readers will only smile at the attempted explanation. The application of the symbolism, or rather of the idea of the hexagram, is good, and in entire accordance with what I have stated that idea to be.
Nothing can be done to avoid the issue mentioned in paragraph 1, for the subject of the line brings it on himself.
Paragraph 2 deals only with the symbolism in the conclusion of what is stated under line 2. The writer takes the view which I have given on the Text.
For paragraphs 3 and 4 see the notes on the Text.
In line 5 the yin line is too high. If the line were yang, the auspice would be different.
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