10 - Treading

Contemporary Interpretation

10 - Treading

Inspirare means ensoulment.

Inspirare means ensoulment,
And inspiration
That you allow something
Spiritual, soulful
Penetrate
Your being.
And then give this inspiration
Expression
By breathing
New life
Into it.

Follow the Path of the Dao: A Western Approximation

The Hexagram's Inner Trigrams

yang yang yang yin yang yang

Upper Trigram: Qian, Heaven

2nd Core Character: Sun, Wind (Tree)

1st Core Character: Li, Fire

Lower Trigram: Dui, Lake

The Hexagram's Inner Trigrams in the Context of Yin and Yang

The hexagram's inner trigrams within the fields of Yin and Yang

Changes and Impulses

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Treading (10) does not dwell.

The image

Heaven above, the lake below: the image of treading. Thus the superior man differentiates high and low and thereby strengthens the judiciousness of the people.

The judgement

Treading upon the tiger's tail. It does not bite the man. Success.
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Full text of Richard Wilhelm's 1924 translation by Cary F. Baynes