I Ching vernacular full translation

Chapter 25
The peeling hexagram is composed of the lower Kun and the upper Gen, and the shape of the hexagram is "", which symbolizes "flaking".The upper hexagram "Gen" is the mountain, and the lower hexagram "Kun" is the ground: just like a high mountain and the ground, it means that things are "peeled off".In terms of the arrangement and structure of the hexagram shape, this hexagram also clearly shows the special state of five yin and one yang.Quan Gua reveals the situation in which "Yang" is peeled off by "Yin" in the development process of things, and the positive factors are destroyed by negative factors. "Philosophy.

Peeling: unfavorable to have.

"Tuan" says: Peeling, peeling, softness becomes rigidity. "Unfavorable has a future", the villain is also good.Go along with it, and observe the phenomenon.Gentlemen still have information about surplus and emptiness, and heaven moves.

"Elephant" says: The mountain is attached to the ground, and it is peeled off.The upper part is thicker and the lower part is Anzhai.

The translation stripping hexagram symbolizes peeling off: it is not conducive to going somewhere.

"Zhuan Zhuan" says: peeling, peeling off, which means that the femininity is too strong, so that the masculinity is peeled off. "If there is something to do, it will be unfavorable", because the image of the line indicates that the villain is powerful.The lower hexagram is Kun, the righteousness is Shun, the upper hexagram is Gen, and the righteousness ends, compromise and seek perfection, stand still and do nothing, this is the conclusion drawn from observing the situation.A gentleman should follow the law of growth and decline, surplus and deficiency, because this is the way of heaven.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: The upper hexagram of this hexagram is Gen as the mountain, and the lower hexagram is Kun as the ground. The mountain is on the ground, and it is eroded by wind and rain. This is the hexagram image of the peeling hexagram.The gentleman observes this hexagram, and takes the peeling off of mountains and rocks and the collapse of rock corners as warnings, so as to strengthen the hearts of the people and make the people live and work in peace and contentment.

Interpretation of the peeling hexagram is Gen and the mountain on the top, Kun and the earth on the bottom.The mountain has been eroded by wind and rain and collapsed to the ground, which is a symbol of peeling off.The peeling starts from the bottom, and it is naturally dangerous for the bottom to peel off the top.Only when the foundation below is solid can the house above be safe.The rulers at the top extend this concept to political life. They should take the people as the foundation and treat the people generously so that they can get their own peace of mind.The people are exploited, and the ruler himself is difficult to preserve.

Sixth day: Peel off the bed for feet.Mie Zhen, fierce.

"Xiang" says: Peel off the bed to get enough, so as to destroy the lower.

Translation Sixth Day: Denuded to the foot of the bed, if you do not follow the righteous way, there will be danger.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: The denudation has reached the foot of the bed, indicating that the underlying foundation has been damaged.

Interpretation of Yao Ci uses a bed as a metaphor, because the shape of the hexagram of the peeling hexagram is like a bed. The hexagram under the hexagram of the peeling hexagram is Kun.The yin and yang stripping first starts from the foot of the bed, just like the denudation of the bed by damp yin qi, it starts from the foot of the bed first, this is called "stripping the bed to the foot".The denudation of yin to yang is gradual, starting from the foundation below, so "Xiang Zhuan" says "to destroy the bottom".However, the first line means that the denudation has just begun. If we can act in time according to the principle of "thick under the house" pointed out in "The Legend of the Elephant" to protect and strengthen the foundation below, the problem will not be serious.If you still ignore the righteous way at this time and continue to erode, there will inevitably be dangers. This is what the Yao Ci said "contemptuous of chastity and fierceness".

Sixty-two: Peel the bed to distinguish, despise chastity, fierce.

"Xiang" said: "Peel off the bed to distinguish, and there is no difference."

Translation Sixty-two: The erosion has reached the bed, and if you don't follow the righteous way, there will be danger.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: The denudation reached the bed, indicating that there was no corresponding helper on June [-].

Interpret the correspondence between yin and yang as "you and", and Liu Er and Liu Wu are both yin lines, which do not correspond to each other and have no assistance. This is called "there is no harmony".The situation where yang ebbs and yin grows continues to develop, and the denudation gradually develops upwards. Liu Er has peeled off to the bed, and does not follow the righteous way, so it is more dangerous.

Six three: strip it, no blame.

"Xiang" says: There is no blame for peeling it off, and it is also missing the top and bottom.

Translation six three: denudation, but no fault.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: Denudation, but no fault, it shows that Liusan is separated from the same kind.

Interpretation Although Liusan has been stripped into yin, it occupies the yang position with the yin line, which corresponds to the masculinity of the upper nine, which means that Liusan still has the factor of "containing yang to be restored" and the possibility of "returning to yang". .Once the time is right, the yin can retreat and the yang can return, and the yang qi can be revived, so it can be "no blame".Of course, when you are "stripping", you can only avoid it because of the help of masculinity. After all, there is no "auspiciousness" to speak of.Liusan is located in the middle of the five yin lines of this hexagram, and there are two yin lines on the upper and lower sides, but it is the only one corresponding to the upper nine masculine lines, and "wujiu" is separated from the same kind of upper and lower lines.

June [-]th: Peel the bed and skin, fierce.

"Xiang" said: peeling off the bed to get the skin is close to disaster.

Translation Six Fourth: The denudation has reached the bed surface, which is dangerous.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: The denudation has reached the surface of the bed, which shows that June [-]th is approaching disaster.

Interpreting June Fourth has eroded to the bedside, and the problem is very serious. It is not "smearing chastity and evil", but directly judging it as "fierce", or even "close to disaster". "Peeling off the bed to skin" can be said to have been stripped to the extreme, and the bed on which to sit and sleep is almost completely eroded.However, just when the peeling is extreme and disaster is imminent, a turning point will follow.

Sixth Five-Year: Guanyu is favored by palace people, and there is no disadvantage.

"Xiang" said: If you are favored by palace people, you will never be special.

Translation Six and Five: Flooding here, leading the maids to seek favor from the monarch, there is no disadvantage.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: Leading the maids to seek favor from the king shows that there is nothing wrong with the Sixth Five-Year Plan after all.

Interpreting the Sixth Five-Year Period, the yin line occupies the honorable position, which is the leader of all yin.When the extremity is about to recover, it compares its femininity with the masculinity of the upper nine, and uses the yin to inherit the yang; not only that, but also influences and leads the yin to inherit the upper nine together as the leader of the yin. , just like the concubine leading a group of court ladies to invite favor from the emperor, obeying the orders of Shangjiu.Since fish are yin objects, a string of fish connected end to end is used to describe the five yin lines of the sixth day, the second day of the sixth day, the third day of the sixth day, the fourth day of the sixth day, and the fifth day of the sixth day.Groups of Yin file in and submit to Guyang Shangjiu.This is the key to the ultimate and transformation of "Yang stripped into Yin", which indicates that the opportunity for "Yin to turn into Yang" has appeared, and of course there is "no disadvantage", so "Xiang Zhuan" says that it "has nothing to do in the end." .

Upper Nine: If you don't eat the fruit, the gentleman will get the hut, and the villain will strip the hut.

"Xiang" says: A gentleman gets his opinion, and the people record it.The villain strips the hut, and it will not be usable in the end.

Translation Upper Nine: The huge fruit is not eaten, the gentleman gets the cart, and the villain eats away the house.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: A gentleman gets a cart, which means that all people can ride it.The villain deprives the house, which means that the villain cannot be hired after all.

Interpretation At this time, all yangs have been stripped away, and the yang line of Shangjiu has become the only fruit left in the whole hexagram.Saying "not eating" instead of "not eating" means that there is still one yang left, implying that it is not that the yin lines have not been able to eat away the only remaining yang lines. "The law of Yang cannot be completely eliminated.Just like a tree, although it has been peeled off, the fruit and seeds are still there, and once spring comes, it will be resurrected. "Gentlemen get their husbands, but villains lose their huts" are two aspects of one problem.The development of peeling hexagrams to the stage of Shangjiu is, for a gentleman, "getting a car".At this time, the yin is under and the yang is in the sky. It is very similar to the chaos in the world, people's thoughts are in order, and everyone sincerely supports the gentleman.For the villain, it is "stripping the house".The villain strips the gentleman, if he strips the gentleman to the limit, and strips the gentleman completely, then he will lose himself and have no place to live.

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