I Ching vernacular full translation

Chapter 29 Yi Gua
The Yi hexagram is composed of the lower shock and the upper gen, and the shape of the hexagram is "", which symbolizes "yielding".The upper hexagram "Gen" is a mountain, and its meaning is "stop"; the lower hexagram "Zhen" is thunder, and its meaning is "movement". nourishment".In fact, the way of "nourishing" has specific connotations. Sometimes, it is not only reflected in individual behavior. The "Nurture" Shengde of "The World".

Yi: Zhenji.Guan Yi, ask for the truth.

"彖" said: Yi, "Zhenji", if you raise it upright, you will be lucky. "Looking at the Yi" means watching what it raises. "Self-seeking the truth", it can be seen that it is self-supporting.Heaven and earth nourish all things.The sage nourishes the virtuous and the people.It's a great time to be happy.

"Elephant" said: There is thunder under the mountain, Yi.A gentleman should be cautious in his speech and diet.

The translation Yi hexagram symbolizes nourishment: adhere to the right way and get auspiciousness.Look at the mouth, and you will know that man seeks food from his mouth.

"Zhuan Zhuan" said: Yi Gua Gua Ci said, "Zhen Zheng is auspicious", which means that it is auspicious for me to take care of others in the right way. "Observation, examination and maintenance" refers to the observation of the object to be maintained. "Self-support" is to observe how he supports himself.Heaven and earth nourish all things, sages nourish sages and all people.How great it is that I don't lose my nourishment.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: The upper hexagram of this hexagram is Gen and the mountain, and the lower hexagram is earthquake and thunder. When the thunder comes out of the mountain, all things sprout. This is the hexagram image of the Yi hexagram.A gentleman looks at this hexagram and thinks about the difficulty of giving birth, so he speaks carefully to avoid disasters.Eat abstinence, self-cultivation.

Interpretation: there is thunder under the mountain.It moves up and down, like a mouth and cheek.Things related to the mouth and cheeks, one is speech, the other is diet.When a gentleman observes the image of a feast, he should be cautious in his words and eat abstainingly.Misfortune comes out of the mouth, and disease comes in through the mouth. Words come out and they can't come back. Food and drink come in and they can't come back.Therefore, speech and diet should be treated with the utmost care.As far as individuals are concerned, words are words, and food is food. As far as countries are concerned, words include policies and decrees, and food includes taxes.The "language" of the country must be especially cautious, and the "food" of the country must be restrained, and it must not be contradictory.

Ninth day: Sheer turtle, watch me eat, fierce.

"Elephant" said: It is not expensive to watch me eat.

Translation: The ninth day of the ninth day: It is dangerous to abandon your turtle-like beauty and watch me eat with my cheeks down.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: "Watch me eat with my cheeks hanging down", which shows that Chujiu's behavior of asking for support is not worthy of respect.

Interpretation of the correspondence between the ninth day of the lunar month and the fourth day of June.The ninth day of the first day is a masculine talent. In terms of talent and intelligence, it can be self-supporting like a turtle without seeking external support. But now it lives in a moving body, so it is unavoidable to be motivated by greed and seek external support. fierce.Yao Ci borrowed the tone of June [-]th to speak, "Sher spirit turtle, watch me eat", you were originally a spirit turtle, you didn't need to be raised to live, why did you abandon the characteristics of a spirit turtle and drool when you saw me?In the ninth day of the lunar new year, yang is supposed to nourish yin, but now it is required to nourish yin, which will be fierce.The ninth day of the first day is a vigorous and wise talent, which is precious in the first place.According to Mencius, raise the body to be an adult, and raise the small body to be a villain.In the ninth day of the ninth day of this year, the masculine talent actually "watches me eat", and if he seeks to support his small body, his talent is not expensive enough.

Sixty-two: Dian Yi, brush the scriptures on Qiu Yi, and attack evil.

"Xiang" said: "Six two signs are fierce, and behavior is out of class."

Translation [-]: It is not only upside down to seek support from the bottom, but also contrary to common sense, to seek support from the venerable on the high hills, it must be dangerous to move forward.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: June [-] "There must be danger in going forward", which shows that you will not get friends if you go forward.

The interpretation of Yi Gua and Liu Yao is either to talk about the top or the bottom line.What is said is to seek support from below, and what is said is to seek support from above.Compared with the ninth day of the sixth day, Liu Er asked for support in the ninth day of the ninth day, but failed to achieve his goal, and violated the regular scriptures and crossed the sixth fifth day to ask for support in the upper ninth day. Fierce is inevitable.Lose its category, six two loses six five.Six-two and six-five are both Yin lines, which are of the same kind.

Six three: Fu Yi, chaste and fierce.Don't use it for ten years, no profit.

"Xiang" said: "Don't use it for ten years, the way is against the law."

Translation Six Three: Contrary to the common sense of maintenance, we must adhere to the righteous way to prevent danger.There will be ten years in which nothing can be done, and there will be no benefit at all.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: Ten years of inaction, because June [-] is contrary to the righteous way of nourishing the body.

The interpretation of Liu San is that yin occupies the yang position, which violates the middle and loses righteousness.Because of defying common sense and infatuating with greed, they will eventually be cut off from food sources.Not only can it not satisfy the appetite, but even cause moral depravity.Such a person can't cheer up for a long time, suffers from physical and mental illness, and can do nothing, which is extremely harmful to health preservation, so Yao Ci warned him to keep upright and guard against evil.

June [-]th: Dianyi, Ji.There is no blame for the tiger staring at it, and its desire to chase after it.

"Xiang" said: "The auspiciousness of the bumps is also the best way to shine."

Translation [-]: Upside down to ask for support, auspicious.Staring at you like a tiger, your desire is very urgent, and you are not at fault.

"Xiang Zhuan": upside-down and down-seeking to obtain auspiciousness, it shows that June Fourth is at the top and can emit the brilliance of virtue.

Interpretation of Liu Er and June Fourth's "Dian Yi" is to seek support from the bottom upside down. The difference is that Liu Er resides in the Zhen body of the lower hexagram, while Liu Si resides in the Gen body of the upper hexagram.Vibration is movement, which is a sign of gluttony. It only nourishes the body but not morality.As far as Gen is concerned, if you can purify your mind and have few desires, control your diet, seek the Tao, support yourself with virtue, and have peace of mind and body, so you can get the right way of health preservation and auspiciousness.Both the lower three lines in Zhenti and the upper three lines in Genti have this difference.June [-]th is the body of yin deficiency, and the lower part corresponds to the reality of yang in the first nine days.The yin position in the yin place feels inadequate, so he actively seeks virtuous and self-supporting people. He asked in the ninth day of the lunar month to cultivate his own virtue, which is auspicious and solid.Not being ashamed to ask questions and being willing to be kind is the manifestation of virtue, so "Xiang Zhuan" "shining from the top".

Sixth Five-Year: Brush the scriptures, live in Zhenji, and don't get involved in the big river.

"Xiang" said: "The auspiciousness of living in chastity is the best of obedience."

Translation Six Five: Contrary to common sense, if you live in peace and integrity, you will get auspiciousness, and you should not cross the big river.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: Living in peace and keeping upright can get auspiciousness, which shows that the sixth five should obey the upper nine.

Interpretation of June [-] "Fushing the Scriptures" and June [-] "Footing the Scriptures" are both inauspicious, but June [-] "Flashing the Scriptures" is auspicious.It is because Liu Er and Liu San are in the vibration body of the lower hexagram, and they are gluttonous, while Liu Wu is in the Gen body of the upper hexagram, stopping and not moving.The three lines of Zhen body are fierce, and the three lines of Gen body are auspicious.The Sixth Five-Year Plan originally violates the common sense of nourishment. Although it occupies the supreme position, it has the nature of yin and emptiness without substance.This is where the Sixth Five-Year Plan goes against common sense, so it is called the "Brush the Scriptures."However, Liuwu has a soft nature, and it is located in the center of the Gen body of the upper hexagram.This symbolizes that a humble monarch seeks courtesy from sages and asks questions from capable ministers.Leverage the wisdom of others to support one's own virtue.This is the right way to take care of yourself in the situation of Liuwu, so "Xiangzhuan" said: "It is auspicious to live in chastity, and obedience is the best." Liuwu has a nature of yin deficiency, so it is only suitable to rest for the development of vitality. Gradually grow and accumulate, and you must not act rashly, take risks and make difficulties, and waste your weak vitality casually.Therefore, Yaoci warned: "Do not cross the river."Only on the day when the vitality is accumulated enough, when the deficiency of yin is transformed into the excess of yang, is it enough to nourish oneself, and then it is possible to nourish the world at the same time.

Upper Nine: You Yi, Li, Ji.Li involved Dachuan.

"Xiang" says: Youyi, Li, Ji, and great celebration.

Translation Upper Nine: Get nourishment from it, and be careful to guard against danger to get auspiciousness, which is good for crossing big rivers.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: It is a great blessing to get care from it, and to be able to guard against danger and get auspiciousness.

Interpret yang as reality and yin as emptiness.To be real, to support others; to be empty, to seek support from others.The four yin in the Yi hexagram are all supported by the upper and lower yang, and the upper and lower yang are the main two yang.The upper nine is the uppermost line of Genzhi, and the four yin lines are supported by it, so it is called "Yuyi".Yi is auspicious.However, it is a minister after all, and as a minister, it is the important task to support the world. You must always be vigilant, cautious and fearful in order to get good luck, so it is called "Li Ji". "Lishe Dachuan" is associated with "Liji". "Lishe Dachuan" contains two meanings: Li and Ji.Because it is to solve difficult and dangerous problems, it is dangerous, and because it can solve difficult and dangerous problems, it is auspicious.The big celebration is not a celebration of one person, but a celebration of the whole world.The auspiciousness of Shangjiu is not due to its own merits, but due to Liuwu's trust, dependence and obedience to it.This is exactly the same as the statement of Liuwu Xiaoxiang.The auspiciousness of the sixty-five years of chasteness is not obtained by being steadfast and self-sufficient, but because it "obeys and obeys" and uses the power of the upper nine.

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