Comments on: I Ching discussion: hexagram 14 line 1 http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2005/08/21/i-ching-discussion-hexagram-14-line-1/ Readings, insights and understanding from the I Ching, the oracle of Change. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:17:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: auriel http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2005/08/21/i-ching-discussion-hexagram-14-line-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1278 auriel Sat, 03 Sep 2005 20:36:26 +0000 http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2005/08/21/i-ching-discussion-hexagram-14-line-1/#comment-1278 Apparently, a seriously neutral attitude is demanded here. Don't commit to, or austentatiosly avoid anything and you will enter the cauldron (50) where alliances are formed, and in general, social power transfers take place; the right control of these being the subject of the current hexagram. If one wants to influence for the good one should not be hasty in judgement- the danger lies in the alienation of others, on the one hand, and of becoming the victim-believer of one's own prejudices on the other hand. Such a cautious atitude, by nurturing inner quietude, also causes the instinctive repugnance towards evil to manifest as if mystically, as sensitivity to the flow of the tao. Here is the birth of true empathy, with all the dangers inherent for the sensitive soul. This line offers, however it is read, guidance for the process. Apparently, a seriously neutral attitude is demanded here. Don’t commit to, or austentatiosly avoid anything and you will enter the cauldron (50) where alliances are formed, and in general, social power transfers take place; the right control of these being the subject of the current hexagram.
If one wants to influence for the good one should not be hasty in judgement- the danger lies in the alienation of others, on the one hand, and of becoming the victim-believer of one’s own prejudices on the other hand.
Such a cautious atitude, by nurturing inner quietude, also causes the instinctive repugnance towards evil to manifest as if mystically, as sensitivity to the flow of the tao. Here is the birth of true empathy, with all the dangers inherent for the sensitive soul. This line offers, however it is read, guidance for the process.

]]> By: Nelson http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2005/08/21/i-ching-discussion-hexagram-14-line-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1262 Nelson Fri, 26 Aug 2005 02:13:58 +0000 http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2005/08/21/i-ching-discussion-hexagram-14-line-1/#comment-1262 I think it means that good and evil are necessary for there to be a balance. It is urged that the right thinking and acting person will be in or around those that do evil - you can be near them but you don't join in. that is what I think. Nelson I think it means that good and evil are necessary for
there to be a balance.
It is urged that the right thinking and acting person
will be in or around those that do evil – you can
be near them but you don’t join in.
that is what I think.
Nelson

]]> By: siwert http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2005/08/21/i-ching-discussion-hexagram-14-line-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 siwert Wed, 24 Aug 2005 08:36:59 +0000 http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2005/08/21/i-ching-discussion-hexagram-14-line-1/#comment-1249 "No exchange with what is destructive." [­-If there is] no fault with the root, then [there is] no fault [at all]! In my reading this line exempifies a practice fairly common in the I Ching (and in classic Chinese philosophy in general): to first quote a maxim or axiom and then turn it around, bringing forth a deeper truth that overrides the first. The advice thus becomes "you will never reach a great possession (intellectual or material) if you judge a book by its cover." The first lesson of hexagram 14 concerns reaching the root (jian) of the matter and not stopping at a shallow opinion of what APPEARS to be harmful. Great possession is, after all, entirely a product of how we use our mind's eye. “No exchange with what is destructive.”
[­-If there is] no fault with the root, then [there is] no fault [at all]!

In my reading this line exempifies a practice fairly common in the I Ching (and in classic Chinese philosophy in general): to first quote a maxim or axiom and then turn it around, bringing forth a deeper truth that overrides the first.

The advice thus becomes “you will never reach a great possession (intellectual or material) if you judge a book by its cover.” The first lesson of hexagram 14 concerns reaching the root (jian) of the matter and not stopping at a shallow opinion of what APPEARS to be harmful. Great possession is, after all, entirely a product of how we use our mind’s eye.

]]> By: john http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2005/08/21/i-ching-discussion-hexagram-14-line-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1245 john Sun, 21 Aug 2005 18:48:51 +0000 http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2005/08/21/i-ching-discussion-hexagram-14-line-1/#comment-1245 I agree with the “rant”. Chinese is an ambiguous language and finding the most helpful translation is part of “using” the I-Ching. The simplifications may destroy the meaning of a particular reading. I agree with the “rant”. Chinese is an ambiguous language and finding the most helpful translation is part of “using” the I-Ching. The simplifications may destroy the meaning of a particular reading.

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