44 - Coming to Meet

Contemporary Interpretation

44 - Coming to Meet

Growing, until
I am fully...

Growing,
Until I
Will have become
I
Will
Be
I
Am
Fully
I.

Follow the Path of the Dao: A Western Approximation

The Hexagram's Inner Trigrams

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Upper Trigram: Qian, Heaven

2nd Core Character: Qian, Heaven

1st Core Character: Qian, Heaven

Lower Trigram: Sun, Wind (Tree)

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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Coming to meet (44) signifies encounter.

The image

Underneath heaven is wind: the image of coming to meet. This is how the prince disseminates his commands and has them proclaimed to the four quarters of heaven.

The judgement

Coming to meet. The maiden is powerful. One should not marry such a maiden. Full text of Richard Wilhelm's 1924 translation by Cary F. Baynes