The lines Six at the beginning [yin at bottom] means: 43167When there is hoarfrost underfoot,
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Solid ice is not far off. JUST AS the light-giving power represents life, so the dark power, the shadowy, represents death. When the first hoarfrost comes in the autumn, the power of darkness and cold is just at its beginning. After these first warnings, signs of death will gradually multiply, till, in obedience to immutable laws, stark winter with its ice is here. In life it is the same. After certain scarcely noticeable signs of decay have appeared, they go on increasing till final dissolution comes. But in life precautions can be taken by heeding the first signs of decay and checking them in time. 39369Six in the second place means: 403193534138779Straight, square, great. 16942Without purpose, Yet nothing remains unfurthered. 40088The symbol of heaven is the circle, and that of earth is the square. Thus squareness is a primary quality of the earth. On the other hand, movement in a straight line, as well as magnitude, is a primary quality of the Creative (1). But all square things have their origin in a straight line and into turn form solid bodies. In mathematics, when we discriminate between lines, planes and solids, we find that rectangular planes result from straight lines, and cubic magnitudes from rectangular planes. The Receptive (2) accommodates itself to the qualities of the Creative (1) and makes them its own. Thus a square develops out of a straight line and a cube out of a square. This is compliance with the laws of the Creative (1); nothing is taken away, nothing added. Therefore the Receptive (2) has no need of a special purpose of its own, nor of any effort" yet everything turns out as it should. 国际易经网iqing.netNature creates all beings without erring: this is its foursquareness. It tolerates all creatures equally: this is its greatness. Therefore it attains what is right for all without artifice or special intentions. Man achieves the height of wisdom when all that he does is as self-evident as what nature does. 10886Six in the third place means: 403193534138779Hidden lines. 36500One is able to remain persevering. 33442If by chance you're in the service of a king, Seek not works, but bring to completion. 16352If a man is free of vanity he is able to conceal his abilities and keep them from attracting attention too soon; thus he can mature undisturbed. If conditions demand it, he can also enter public life, but that too he does with restraint. The wise man gladly leaves fame to others. He does not seek to have credited to himself things that stand accomplished, but hopes to release active forces; that is, he completes his works in such a manner that they may bear fruit for the future. Six in the fourth place means: 403193534138779A tied-up sack. No blame, no praise. 35931The dark element opens when it moves and closes when at rest. The strictest reticence is indicated here. The time is dangerous, because any degree of prominence leads either to the enmity of irresistible antagonists if one challenges them or to misconceived recognition if one is complaisant. Therefore a man ought to maintain reserve, be it in solitude or in the turmoil of the world, for there too he can hide himself so well that no one knows him.
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Six in the fifth place means: 403193534138779A yellow lower garment brings supreme good fortune. Yellow is the colour of the earth and of the middle; it is the symbol of that which is reliable and genuine. The lower garment is inconspicuously decorated - the symbol of aristocratic reserve. When anyone is called on to work in a prominent but not independent position, true success depends on the utmost discretion. A man's genuineness and refinement should not reveal themselves directly; they should express themselves only indirectly as an effect from within. 17510Six at the top means: 39139Dragons fight in the meadow. Their blood is black and yellow.
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In the top place the dark element should yield to the light. If it attempts to maintain a position to which it is not entitled and to rule instead of serving, it draws down on itself the anger of the strong. A struggle ensues in which it is overthrown, with injury, however, to both sides. The dragon, symbol of heaven, comes to fight the false dragon that symbolised the inflation of the earth principle. Midnight blue is the colour of heaven; yellow is the colour of earth. Therefore, when black and yellow blood flow, it is a sign that in this unnatural contest both primal powers suffer injury. When all the lines are sixes, it means: 15633Lasting perseverance furthers.*
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When nothing but sixes appears, the hexagram of the receptive changes into the hexagram of the creative. By holding fast to what is right, it gains the power of enduring. There is indeed no advance, but neither is there retrogression. 46375*When all the lines are sixes, it means: Lasting perseverance from contamination. The whole hexagram is motivated to change into the hexagram Chien (1). The sixes changed into nines are considered internal changes; and nines changed to sixes are external. Learn to cope with all changes. Do not let mutation restrain any thoughts and actions. By holding what is right and pure, with a broad vision, proper results may be rewarded. Use (of) the sixes, (be) not used by the sixes, means: 12784Avoid any internal influential changes. Do not create any self-entrapment. Do away with the subjective view of prejudice and handle all matters objectively.