I Ching vernacular full translation

Chapter 28

The big animal hexagram is composed of the lower stem and the upper gen, and the shape of the hexagram is "", which symbolizes "a great gathering of animals".The upper hexagram Gen is the mountain, and the lower hexagram Qian is the sky: it is as if the sky is contained in the mountain, which means that the animal gathered is the greatest.The whole hexagram shows that in the process of the development of things, we must try our best to gather the truth of vigor and righteousness.

big animals.Li Zhen.No home food, Kat.Li involved Dachuan.

"Yuan" said: "Big animal, strong and solid, its brilliance is renewed day by day; its virtue is renewed every day; when it is just promoted, it is worthy, and it can stop being healthy, and it is also upright." "If you don't eat at home, it's auspicious", and it means raising talents. "Benefiting across the great river" should be almost heavenly.

"Xiang" said: "The sky is in the mountains, and there are big animals."A gentleman acts with knowledge and prefaces words, and with animals he has virtue.

The translation of the big animal hexagram symbolizes a huge accumulation: it is beneficial to stick to the right way.Do not eat at home, auspicious.It is beneficial to ford the big river.

"Zhuan Zhuan" said: "Great animals gather together, just like a strong and solid person who accumulates endlessly, and even shines brightly, increasing his virtues day by day; it is also like the majestic sun standing above and advocating sages, who can regulate the strong. This is extremely Great righteousness. "It's auspicious if you don't eat at home by yourself", which means that the country raises talents with generous salary. "It is good for fording big rivers" means being able to ford big rivers in accordance with the laws of nature.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: the lower hexagram is Gan and the sky, the upper hexagram is Gen and the mountain, the sun shines in the mountain, and all things absorb the sun and rain, and each of them lives their own life. This is the hexagram image of big animals.A gentleman observes this hexagram, so as to broadly understand the good words and deeds of the ancients, so as to cultivate his own virtue.

The interpretation of the sky is extremely large, yet in the implication of the much smaller mountain, there is no greater animal than this.The gentleman is inspired by viewing this hexagram, and constantly enriches his own knowledge and morality.Although learning and morality are two things, they are inseparable. Both come from learning and grow from learning.how to learn "Knowledge more about words and deeds", learn a lot from the words and deeds of former sages and sages, so as to cultivate animals to become their virtues.Big animals talk about animal virtues, and small animals talk about literary virtues. Both talk about animal virtues, but the literary virtues of small animals are small virtues.

Ninth day: If you are strong, you will benefit yourself.

"Xiang" says: If there is strength, it will benefit oneself, and it will not cause disasters.

Translation Ninth Day: There is danger, it is beneficial to stop and not advance.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: There is danger, it is beneficial to stop and not advance, which means that you should not move forward at the risk of disaster.

Interpretation: The ninth day of the junior high school is a vigorous talent, but a fledgling, with humble morality, eager to make progress without waiting for the accumulation of virtue and wisdom, but is held back by the soft Yao Liusi of the corresponding position and opposite nature. "You Li" is to warn it of the danger of rushing forward, and "Li Ji" means to stop and accumulate virtue is beneficial.If the ninth day of the junior high school cannot be advanced further, it will inevitably lead to disasters due to insufficient storage, lack of morality and wisdom, and inability to take risks and make troubles.

Ninety-two: Yu said that Che Fu.

"Xiang" said: Yu said that the car is restored, and there is no special among them.

Translation Ninety-two: The cart took off its wheels and did not move.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: The big cart took off the wheel and did not go away, which shows that in [-], it kept the middle way and there was no fault of rash advancement.

Interpretation of [-] is also a vigorous and enterprising talent. Like a car, it was originally intended to move forward and move forward.But it is located in the middle of the lower body, and can walk the middle way of "no fault, no less".Therefore, when it is a "big animal", it is stored and stopped by the soft line six or five in the corresponding position but opposite in nature, and it can judge its situation, go when it is feasible, stop when it should be stopped, and finally stop moving forward, just like a car getting out of its own way. The next wheel is the same.Of course there will be no fault if you stop and don't advance, and cultivate your virtue.

Nine three: Good horses chase.Li Zhenzhen.It is called Xianyuwei.Pros and cons.

"Xiang" said: "There is profit and interest, and Shanghe will also."

Translation Nine Three: A galloping horse is good for sticking to the right path in difficult situations, and proficient in the defensive skills of chariots and horses, which is good for going forward.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: It is beneficial to go somewhere, because the will of Jiu San and Shang Jiu are consistent.

Interpretation of the Big Animal Hexagram has developed to the ninety-three line, and has gone through the tempering stages of the ninth day and the second day of the ninth day. The morality and wisdom have been considerably cultivated, like a trained "good horse", which can gallop forward .Jiu San's cultivation of morality and wisdom has reached maturity, and it can be said that he has become a "big animal".It not only gallops forward, but also strictly abides by the principle of "Li Zhenzhen" (good for sticking to the right way in difficult times), and is able to "leisure defense" (skilled in defending with chariots and horses).At this time, Jiusan will no longer be hindered by setbacks.Reflected on the image of the line, the corresponding Shangjiu is no longer a soft line that is opposite in nature and plays a role of stagnation, but a rigid line with the same nature and a role in promoting.Jiusan and Shangjiu are both masculine and aggressive, so they are like-minded.Therefore, "Xiang Zhuan" said: "There is profit, and Shanghe Zhi also." The above is the three lines of the main body of the lower hexagram of the big animal.The upper hexagram corresponds to the lower hexagram. The six four and six five lines are in the stage of accumulating masculinity, and the upper nine lines are in the stage of accumulating Tao.The perspectives of the upper and lower hexagrams are different. The lower hexagram refers to the process of stopping and accumulating "dryness", while the upper hexagram refers to the function of stopping and accumulating "gen".

June Fourth: Tong Niu Zhi, Yuanji.

"Xiang" said: Sixty-four Yuan is auspicious, and there is joy.

Translation Six Four: The wooden shackles worn on the calf's horns, good luck.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: June and Four are auspicious, worthy of joy.

Interpretation of June [-]th, the yin and softness are correct, the beginning of the upper gen should be in the ninth day, and the ability to stop the ninth day is at the beginning of the masculine germination. When right and wrong are not distinguished, it is like a crossbar tied to the horns of a calf's head, so as not to touch people. , and can be pre-tamed.It is auspicious to use softness to stop rigidity.June Fourth, the ability to stop the ninth day of the ninth day, the softness to stop the rigidity, and the most auspicious ones are because they can be good at serving the heavens, and they are good at stopping health, which is worthy of joy.

Sixth five: the teeth of the hog.lucky.

"Xiang" said: "The sixth five is auspicious, and there are celebrations."

Translation Six Five: The teeth of a castrated boar are auspicious.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: Sixth Five-Year is auspicious and worth celebrating.

Interpretation of the sixty-five ranks of the king and winning the middle, can stop the ninety-two with judo.But it’s not as easy as the June [-]th and the [-]th, because the violent nature of [-] has grown, and it is of course not so easy to solve the problems that have already been formed.However, the problem can also be solved by grasping the key point.It’s like a pig hurting people with its teeth. It’s not enough to treat a pig’s teeth, but to cure a pig’s sex, castrate it so that it becomes docile when it is just violent, and it no longer hurts people even if it has teeth.Sixty-five animals stop ninety-two, although it is not easy, but it is possible to succeed after all, so it is auspicious.The June [-]th situation was different from the June Fourth one.The June [-]th animal movement was just at the beginning, and from the point of view of movement, it is the best, so it is called Yuanji.Sixth Five-Year is only healthy when it is growing. From the perspective of stopping things, it is not as good as June Fourth, so it is only called auspicious.But judging from the positions of the two, June Fourth is not as good as June Five.Sixth and fifth ranks in the position of monarch, and doing things for the monarch has great influence, so it is called Youqing.The influence of June Fourth was limited to one's own body, so it is called Youxi.

Upper Nine: He Tian Zhiqu.Heng.

"Xiang" said: "Where is the thoroughfare of heaven, the way is great."

Translation of the first nine: the shoulders of heaven, prosperity and smoothness.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: Shoulder loads of heaven, prosperity and smoothness, indicating that the way of storage is very popular.

The interpretation of Shangjiu should be read together with Jiusan.Other hexagrams are mostly based on the correspondence between hardness and softness. The ninth day of the big animal hexagram corresponds to the sixth and fourth day, and the ninth and second day corresponds to the sixth and fifth day.Only Shangjiu is different. Although Shangjiu and Jiusan have just met, they are like-minded.We must move forward in September [-]rd, and we must also move forward in September [-]rd.Shangjiuju is the end of the big animal, and the animal stop has reached the extreme, and it is time to turn it into a pass.The upper nine is also the master of the big beasts, it bears the great responsibility of emphasizing the worthy, and when it meets the heavens to walk the way, it is like a sway in the sky, allowing it to gallop.It concentratedly embodies the thoughts of nurturing and employing virtuous people in the hexagrams "no family food, good luck", "benefiting the great river" and "respecting the virtuous at the beginning" in "Zhuan Zhuan".In the country, it is a question of cultivating and using talents, and in an individual, it is a question of making contributions to the country and society.Shangjiu can be a sage, and he can also be a person who cultivates and uses sages.No matter who it is, its virtue has been fully accumulated, and it is now time to play its role.What is accumulated in one's body is called virtue, and when it is applied to the country and society, and the virtue accumulated in one's body is put into practice, it is Tao.The upper nine bodies carry heavy responsibilities, and when encountering big animals, when they are at the extreme of the big animals, their functions will be fully displayed, just like "what is the thoroughfare of heaven", extending in all directions without hindrance, it can be called "the great way of the road".

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