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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SECT. II.
APPENDIX VI.
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by Sun. But when Sun (or diminution) is going on without end, increase is sure to come. Sun therefore is followed by Yf. When increase goes on without end, there is sure to come a dispersing of it, and hence Yi is followed by Kwâi. Kwai denotes dispersion. Butdispersion must be succeeded by a meeting (again). Hence Kwâi is followed by Kâu, which denotes such meeting.
44-48. When things meet together, a collection is then formed. Hence Kâu is followed by Zhui, which name denotes being collected. When (good men) are collected and mount to the highest places, there results what we call an upward advance; and hence Zhui is followed by Shăng. When such advance continues without stopping, there is sure to come distress; and hence Shăng is followed by Khwăn. When distress is felt in the height (that has been gained), there is sure to be a return to the ground beneath ; and hence Khwăn is followed by Zing.
48, 49. What happens under Zing requires to be changed, and hence it is followed by Ko (denoting change).
49-55. For changing the substance of things there is nothing equal to the caldron; and hence Kò is followed by Ting. For presiding over (that and all other) vessels, no one is equal to the eldest son, and hence Ting is followed by Kăn. Kän conveys the idea of putting in motion. But things cannot be kept in motion for ever. The motion is stopped ; and hence Kån is followed by Kån, which gives the idea of arresting or stopping. Things cannot be kept for ever in a state of repression, and hence Kån is followed by Kien, which gives the idea of
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