But he can endure this lack of appreciation and makes no mistake, because he remains true to himself. Book appears unread, with a few faint marks to leading edge of text block; unclipped DJ chipped at spine ends and top corner. Publisher s black papered slipcase with label to one panel (wear,separation at opening to right panel, still solid, good or better).

This hexagram shows a fire that breaks out of the secret depths of the earth and, blazing up, illuminates and beautifies the mountain, the heavenly heights. The obstructions in the social life of man increase when there is a lack of clarity in the penal codes and slackness in executing them. Confucius says about this line: "Weak character coupled with honored place, meager knowledge with large plans, limited powers with heavy responsibility, will seldom escape disaster. Ingoing through the streets of a Chinese city, one will find, hereand there at a street corner, a fortune teller sitting behinda neatly covered table, brush and tablet at hand, ready to drawfrom the ancient book of wisdom pertinent counsel and informationon life's minor perplexities.It has exerted a living influence in China for 3,000 years, and interest in it has been rapidly spreading in the West. Thus together they stand for the flame kindled by wood and wind, which likewise suggests the idea of preparing food. If in difficult times we want to enlighten someone, we must begin with that which is in itself lucid and proceed quite simply from that point on. The Chinese character for this hexagram means in its original sense an animal’s pelt, which is changed in the course of the year by molting. By devotion to this divine spirit within himself, he attains an unsullied innocence that leads him to do right with instinctive sureness and without any ulterior thought of reward and personal advantage.

But he has an inner relationship with a superior man, and through this he attains the stability to free himself from the way of the inferior people around him. This clarity and severity have the effect of instilling respect; it is not that the penalties are ends in themselves.Yet we must not overlook the fact that apart from this mechanisticnumber mysticism, a living stream of deep human wisdom was constantlyflowing through the channel of this book into everyday life, givingto China's great civilization that ripeness of wisdom, distilledthrough the ages, which we wistfully admire in the remnants ofthis last truly autochthonous culture. Thus the winter solstice, with which the decline of the year begins, comes in the seventh month after the summer solstice; so too sunrise comes in the seventh double hour after sunset. And once we have gained inner mastery of a problem, it will come about naturally that the action we take will succeed. An individual who has the good of mankind at heart is oppressed from above and below (this is the meaning of the cutting off of nose and feet). The upper trigram K’un is characterized by devotion; thus the movement is natural, arising spontaneously.

There are many people who in a noble pride hold themselves aloof from all that is low and rebuff it brusquely wherever it comes to meet them. For it may cause the other person to come to his senses, so that the alliance that has been sought and so painfully missed is after all achieved. Its popularity resurfaced during the 1960s counterculture period, and was referenced and promoted by popular figures such as Joni Mitchell, The Beatles, and Jorge Luis Borges. However, if a man is reserved in speech, his words take ever more definite form, and every occasion for regret vanishes. When a man wishes to undertake an enterprise in extraordinary times, he must be extraordinarily cautious, just as when setting a heavy thing down on the floor, one takes care to put rushes under it, so that nothing will break.Powerful and wealthy acquaintances draw him into their circle; he has to do as they do and cannot withdraw from them. Therefore we must not be misled into action, as a result of which we should only bog down deeper in the danger; disagreeable as it may be to remain in such a situation, we must wait until a way out shows itself. In contrast to the six in the second place, which refers to a man bent exclusively on his own advantage, this line refers to one occupying a high position and striving to let his light shine forth.

If for instance the military defense of a state is carried to such excess that it provokes wars by which the power of the state is annihilated, this is a breaking of the jug. This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use.Through friendly relations with people of lower rank, a responsible man succeeds in becoming master of the situation. A bright third UK edition copy of Richard Wilhelm's translation of the I Ching, rendered into English by Cary F.