59. Huan; Dispersion Above; Sun the Gentle wind,wood Below; K'an the Abysmal, water |
21st Century |
Comparisons |
| Entropy is one of the forces of the
universe. It seeks to break asunder that which the hand of humanity has
built. Human associations suffer from entropy and the destruction it
contains in the jealousies and factionalisms which rend society.
To fight the dispersion of cohesion of belief of common purpose people have to believe in something bigger than themselves. Religions have been immensely powerful in providing the glue we've needed to come thus far. However religions become hidebound and intolerant. Comfort is replaced with dogma as the motivating principle thus they lose touch. An ethos of selfishness hardens people into suspicion. Suspicion promotes disintegration. To overcome this one must vigorously attack the roots of the growing alienation. More often than not it is sourced in oneself. Self comparison is at the root of the majority of this problem. Again vanity. Self comparing never fails to lead to trouble. Predatory notions of self must be discarded. Then when the reformation presaged by the dispersion comes it will only happen if there is a suitably strong idea to support it. Family concerns should be primary always. The future uncoils through it and what you do now effects your descendents. Similarly with purpose. The strong idea can be sustained and guarded and through this recovery will come.
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Below are the comparative interpretations of a) Legge, b) Willhelm, c) Riefler, d) Crowley
a) engaged in rescuing (from impending evil) and having (the assistance of) a strong horse. there will be good fortune.
b) He brings help with the strength of a horse. Good fortune.
c) Rescue with the help of a strong horse. Auspicious.
d) One needs a horse in the world's mob-melé
a) amid the dispersion hurrying to his contrivance (for security). All occasion for repentance will disappear.
b) At the dissolution He hurries to that which supports him. Remorse disappears.
c) Things fall apart; he seeks shelter. Guilt disappears.
d) One needs a refuge, a secure shrewd plan.
a) discarding any regard to his won person. There will be no occasion for repentance.
b) He dissolves his self. No remorse.
c) He no longer cares for his own self. Without guilt.
d) We must have knocks, nor mind them, in the fray.
a) scattering the (different) parties (in the state); which leads to great good fortune. From the dispersion (he collects again good men standing out, a crowd) like a mound, which is what ordinary men would not have thought of.
b) He dissolves his bond with his group. Supreme good fortune. Dispersion leads in turn to accumulation. This is something that ordinary men do not think of.
c) The man scatters all the factions. He is cleverer than most people. Now he can see who stands out. Auspicious.
d) Scatter the mob, then pick thy choice array.
a) amidst the dispersion issuing his great announcements as the perspiration (flows from his body). He scatters abroad (also) the accumulations in the royal granaries. There will be no error.
b) His loud cries are as dissolving as sweat. Dissolution! A king abides without blame.
c) The man sweats as he makes his pronouncements. He empties the royal granaries and disperses the grain abroad. No mistakes.
d) Command the mob and fill their bellies, man!
a) disposing of (what may be called) its bloody wounds, and going and separating himself from its anxious fears. there will be no error.
b) He dissolves his blood. Departing, keeping at a distance, going out, Is without blame.
c) The man avoids bloody wounds, going until he is out of harm's way. No mistakes.
d) Good and forgets how badly it began.