32. Heng; Duration Above; Chen the Arousing thunder Below; Sun the Gentle wind, wood |
21st Century | Comparisons |
| Marriage. The balance between genders, between interests,
between aspects of the same entity. A man and a woman in the biological
sense make a marriage. Generally there must be something complementary
about the other for the marriage to work. The ethos of the two halves as
it were would have to be able walk together. Often a marriage is made in
the first long walking conversation. The importance both halves
communicate cannot be overstated. Across the gulf separating their
consciousnesses lightning crisses and crosses. Familiarity and
understanding each others motives they decide correctly for what is good
for all.
One cannot stand in one place and expect the world to come to them. A marriage cannot stay in the one place and expect it to be able to absorb what the world has to offer. The feminine in a person craves the secure, the steady, the atmosphere for nurturing. The Masculine in people seeks adventure, stimulation. These two aspects when working in harmony are propitious for growth both inner and outer. |
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Below are the comparative interpretations of a) Legge, b) Willhelm, c) Riefler, d) Crowley
a) deeply (desirous) of long continuance. Even with firm correctness there will be evil; there will be no advantage in any way.
b) Seeking duration too hastily brings misfortunes persistently. Nothing that would further.
c) The man grasps at continuity. Continually ominous if you persist in your course. No improvement.
d) Lust of result mars will in every way.]
a) all occasion for repentance disappearing.
b) Remorse disappears.
c) He keeps to the golden mean. Guilt disappears.
d) But steadfast purpose spans the vast abysm.
a) one who does not continuously maintain his virtue. There are those who will impute this to him as a disgrace. However firm he may be, there will be ground for regret.
b) He who does not give duration to his character Meets with disgrace. Persistent humiliation.
c) The man is disgraced because he does not maintain continuity. You will regret it if you keep to your course.
d) Maintain thy virtue - heed not criticism;
a) a field where there is no game.
b) No game in the field.
c) A hunting preserve without game.
d) Seek not reward; thy work be its own chrism.
a) continuously maintaining the virtue indicated by it. In a wife this will be fortunate; in a husband, evil.
b) Giving duration to one's character through perseverance. This is good fortune for a woman, misfortune for a man.
c) The man cling to continuity. Auspicious for the wife. Ominous for the husband.
d) Passive love wins, where active loses, fray
a) exciting himself to long continuance. There will be evil.
b) Restlessness as an enduring condition brings misfortune.
c) The man tries frantically to retain continuity. Ominous.
d) And violent efforts end in swift decay.
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