9. H'siao Ch'u; The Taming Power Of The Small Above; Sun the Gentle wind,wood Below; Ch'ien the Creative heaven |
21st Century | Comparisons |
| A small battery powers a computer which analyses the genome.
The promise of bounty remains just that, a promise. Best not wait for the
abstract promise to come. It may be a long wait.
The nature of an assured person is that they will grow. In growing there will be difficulties but it is inherent in this person to overcome these obstacles. Road rage comes this way and that. Be prepared for it, for it is something which can cut a person down without the slightest of warnings. But an association of like interests can only be built in an atmosphere of mutual trust. For some trust is more important than devotion. Both are correct and complementary. It may come to pass that forward movement is blocked and that in some way some part of you has to be reinvented. |
a) Returning and pursuing his own course. What mistake should he fall into? There will be good fortune.
b) Return to the way. How could there be blame in this? Good fortune.
c) The man turns back to his proper course. There can be no harm in that. Auspicious.
d) Strayed? Come thou back, and follow thy plan!
e) Can there be harm in a compass pointing North?
a) by the attraction (of the former line), returning (to the porper course). There will be good fortune.
b) He allows himself to be drawn into returning. Good fortune.
c) The man is drawn back. He keeps to his proper course. Auspicious
d) By true attraction meet thy starry span!
e) Submit to nature's draw.
a) suggests the idea of a carriage, the strap beneath which has been removed, or of a husband and wife looking on each other with averted eyes.
b) The spoke burst out of the wagon wheels. Man and wife roll their eyes.
c) The strap that holds back the carriage has been removed. The man and his wife avert their eyes.
d) Anger in wedlock, or a care en panne!
e) Small details are important if a partnership is to work.
a) possessed of sincerity. The danger of bloodshed is thereby averted, and his (ground for) apprehension dismissed. There will be no mistake.
b) If you are sincere, blood vanishes and fear gives way. No blame.
c) The man is sincere. Bloodshed is avoided and his anxieties are quelled. No mistakes
d) Bloodshed and woes sincerity bids go.
e) Authentic intent does trouble avert.
a) Possessed of sincerity, and drawing others to untie with him. Rich in resources, he employs his neighbours ( in the same cause with himself).
b) If you are sincere and loyally attached, you are rich in your neighbour.
c) The man is sincere; he attracts loyal allies. The man is resourceful; he has the wealth of his neighbours.
d) Sincerity! Here's help from all the clan!
e) They believe and help because you are sincere.
a) How the rain has fallen, and the (onward progress) is stayed; -(so) must we value the full accumulation of the virtue (represented by the upper trigram). But a wife (exercising restraint), however firm and correct she may be, in a position of peril, (and like) the moon approaching to the full. If the superior man prosecute his measures (in such circumstances), there will be evil.
b) The rain comes, there is rest. This is due to the lasting effect of character. Perseverance brings the woman into danger. The moon is nearly full. If the superior man persists, Misfortune comes.
c) Rain has fallen; progress is delayed. The man appreciates the progress he has made until now. The woman is in a state of peril, no matter what she does. She is like the nearly full moon. Ominous if you take any action.
d) Who wins too much may lose: repose, O man!
e) A crest achieved, a trough is next. To push on is folly, another time will be blessed.