Contemporary Interpretation
Mature slowly
Nourish
[celestial movements
no-one could
anticipate]
And nourish
[be open
to
what is to come]
And disengage.
Mature slowly.
Follow the Path of the Dao: A Western Approximation
The Hexagram's Inner Trigrams
Upper Trigram: Sun, Wind (Tree)
2nd Core Character: Gen, Mountain
1st Core Character: Kun, Earth
Lower Trigram: Kun, Earth
The Hexagram's Inner Trigrams in the Context of Yin and Yang
Changes and Impulses
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The significance of the characters »approach« and »contemplation« (20) is that in part they give and in part they take.
The image
The wind blows over the earth: the image of contemplation. Thus the ancient kings visited the regions of the world, contemplated the people and gave instruction.
The judgement
Contemplation. The washing is done, but not yet the offering. Confidently, they look up to him.Full text of Richard Wilhelm's 1924 translation by Cary F. Baynes
- Hexagram 19 → hexagram 20 → hexagram 21
- ST43 (To Fall into the Fullness of the Valley)
- Late Summer
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