6.Sung,Conflict Above; Ch'ien the Creative heaven Below; K'an the Abysmal |
21st Century | Comparisons |
| Opposition exists. Merit comes in compromise when necessary.
Unyielding obstinacy does not improve things. Monochrome in a colour
world fails to attract.
To push on without a strategy is bound to make things worse. Account for all contingencies and then add a worst case scenario on top. You might be able to forestall the impending conflict with such planning. Be warned honesty is the best policy. Even if this is arrived at through a wavering of ethics. In the end the balance and the equilibrium of the whole is arrived at through the integrity of the parts. |
Below are the interpretations of a) Legge, b) Willhelm, c) Riefler, d) Crowley
a) not perpetuating the matter about which (the contention is). He will suffer small (injury) of being spoken against, but the end will be fortunate.
b) If one does not perpetuate the affair, There is a little gossip. In the end, good fortune comes.
c) The man shies away from conflict. Auspicious after the rumors die down.
d) Perpetuate not strife, though slandered thou.
e) Payback only perpetuates the trouble. Let it die, and change your luck.
a) unequal to the contention. If he retire and keep concealed (where) the inhabitants of his city are (only) three hundred families, he will fall into no mistake.
b) One cannot engage in conflict; One returns home, gives way. The people of his town, Three hundred households, Remain free of guilt.
c) The man is not equal to the contest. He retires, disguised, to a small town. No guilt
d) O'ermatched, retire, concealment be thy friend!
e) A small town conceals those retiring from the uneven contest.
a) keeping in the old place assigned for his support, and firmly correct. Perilous as the position is, there will be good fortune in the end. Should he perchance engage in the king's business, he will not (clam the merit of) achievement.
b) To nourished oneself on ancient virtue induces perseverance. Danger. In the end, good fortune comes. If by chance you are in the service of the king, seek not works
c) The man hold his ground. he draws his reputation around him like a cloak, and makes no major effort. Those who depend on him do not appreciate his sacrifice. Auspicious but perilous.
d) Maintain thy place, but claim no glory now.
e) Good fortune will come if you hold fast and study ancient precedents.
a) Unequal to the contention. He returns to (the study of Heaven's) ordinances, changes (his wish to contend), and rests in being firm and correct. There will be good fortune.
b) One cannot engage in conflict. One turns back and submits to fate, Changes one's attitude, and finds peace in perseverance. Good fortune.
c) The man is not equal to the contest. He withdraws from the contentious world and into the peace of spiritual devotion. Auspicious if you keep to your course.
d) O'ermatched, the study of Heaven's law portend!
e) The underdog finds peace in spiritual pursuits, so long as the contention is not forgotten.
a) contending: - and with great good fortune.
b) To contend before him Brings supreme good fortune.
c) The man in the very midst of battle. Very auspicious.
d) Now with great Fortune on thy side, contend!
e) Now, into the battle while the auspices are good.
a) may have the leathern belt conferred on him ( by the sovereign), and thrice it shall be taken from him in a morning.
b) Even if by chance a leather belt is bestowed on one, By the end of the morning It will have been snatched away three times.
c) If the King honours the man with a leather belt, before the morning is over it will have been taken from him three times.
d) Victorious, the fruit's bitter in the end.
e) Do not rely on rewards so fleeting that by noon they have been withdrawn three times over.