I Ching vernacular full translation

Chapter 31 Kan Gua
Kan hexagram, both upper and lower are composed of "Kan", and the hexagram is shaped as "", which symbolizes "multiple dangers".The hexagram image intends to take two "waters" to flow in succession, which means that there are many "dangerous traps".The whole hexagram reveals the principle of being cautious in taking risks, and getting out of danger and leading to prosperity.

Xi Kan.You Fu, Wei Xin, Heng.Do what you want.

"Yuan" said: learning hurdles, heavy dangers.The water is flowing but not full.To take risks without losing one's trust, to maintain one's heart and prosper, is to be strong. "There is honor in doing", and it is also meritorious.It is a natural danger and cannot be promoted.The land is dangerous, and the mountains, rivers and hills are also.The prince set up danger to defend his country.In times of danger, it is of great use.

"Xiang" said: "When the water comes, you can learn to hurdle."A gentleman acts with constant virtue and learns to teach.

The translation Kan hexagram symbolizes many dangers: you must have integrity in your heart, and only when your heart is prosperous can your behavior be worthy of admiration.

"Zhuan Zhuan" said: "Xi Huan" means that dangers and obstacles are heavy.It also refers to the long flow of water without stopping.The hurdles are dangerous, and people walk on dangerous roads without violating their promises, which shows that their hearts are prosperous, because the image of the line shows that the line of ninety-two and ninety-five is in the middle of the lower hexagram and the upper hexagram, as if a person has the virtue of vigor and integrity.Its heart is like this, "what you do will be rewarded", and what you do will make a difference.The danger of the sky lies in the fact that there are no steps to climb, and the danger of the earth lies in the interlacing of mountains and rivers and the undulating hills.The princes built high walls, dug deep trenches, and set up dangerous obstacles, with the intention of protecting the security of the country.Guanshan is dangerous and the role played at the critical moment is huge.

"Elephant Biography" says: The flood is constantly rolling in, and the elephant is full of dangers and difficulties.Therefore, a gentleman must maintain good moral behavior and be familiar with the affairs of government and education.

Interpret the hurdle as water, from the inner hurdle to the outer hurdle, and from the front water to the back water, so learn the hurdle.A gentleman views the image of "swimming to the water", and must "be virtuous and practice, and learn to teach". "Constant virtue" means that virtue is permanent and does not change. "Learning to teach things" means that the most important thing about education is familiarity and uninterrupted.

Sixth day of the lunar month: learn from Kan, enter into Kan, inauspicious.

"Xiang" said: "When learning and entering a hurdle, it is fierce to lose the way."

The sixth day of the translation: There are hurdles within the ridges, and it is dangerous to fall into a heavy pit.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: "There are hurdles within ridges, and if you fall into a heavy crater, you can't make a smooth journey, but take a dangerous path, which will inevitably lead to disasters."

Interpretation of the threshold is serious danger. On the sixth day of the sixth day, he lived under the threshold with femininity, and there was no support.Why did the sixth day enter the trap in the ridge, and why can't get out of the danger?Because it is femininity at the beginning, not upright.That is, if you don't follow the righteous way, you won't be able to get out if you get into danger.It's like a villain who is in danger and hopes to get out of it by luck, instead of following the right way, the result is only getting deeper and deeper.

Ninety-two: There are dangers, seek small gains.

"Xiang" said: Seeking small gains, you don't get out of the middle.

Translation Ninety-two: If you are in danger in a trap, you can seek small gains first.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: Seek small profits first, which shows that [-] cannot escape the danger for the time being.

It must be dangerous to interpret that Jiu Er is trapped in the two yins and has entered a dangerous place.But the [-]nd is different from the [-]th day of the junior high school. After all, the [-]nd is a talent in the middle of the middle. Although it can't be out of danger, it is still possible to get a little money and solve a little problem.Ninety-two, don't ask for something small.Bigness comes from the accumulation of smallness.Ninety-two "seeking small gains" is because it does not go beyond the middle.The king is in danger and not trapped by danger, because he can feel at ease in the danger, and does not rely on big gains, that is, proceed from reality, seek small gains, and do what he can do now.

Six three: the bumps and hurdles of coming, the danger and the pillow.Into Kanti, do not use.

"Xiang" said: "The ups and downs of coming, the end is futile."

Translation [-]: Coming and going are in danger, and if you are in danger, just lay down and wait.Has fallen into the depths of the trap, do not act rashly.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: coming and going are in danger, which shows that any action will be difficult to succeed in the end.

It is interpreted that Liusan is above the lower hurdle, just when the danger of the lower hurdle is over and the danger of the upper hurdle is approaching, the upper is dangerous, and the lower is also dangerous. "There are bumps and hurdles in coming", coming is also a hurdle, and going through it is also a hurdle, all coming is hurdles, and advancing and retreating are dangerous.In this situation, you should lay down on your pillow and wait for nothing to be done, otherwise you will be in deeper danger and "enter the ridge".At the time of "coming to the ups and downs", it is not appropriate to rush out of the danger quickly, but Liu San uses the yin to place the yang, and if he is not right or right, he must be eager to get out of the danger quickly, and the result will definitely fail to achieve his goal.

June [-]: bottle wine, gui er, use a urn, accept a covenant and slap it on your own, and there is no blame in the end.

"Elephant" says: Bottles of wine and gui Er are also between hardness and softness.

Translation: One bottle of wine, two bowls of rice, only pottery is used, and simple sacrificial vessels are sent into the room through the window to Jiuwu. After all, there is no fault.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: A bottle of wine, two bowls of rice, this is a gift for the handover of rigidity and softness.

Interpretation of "bottle wine, gui er, use fou", this refers to the ancient Yan Xiang ceremony, the ancient Yan Xiang rites are most concerned with etiquette and ostentation, but now "bottle wine, gui er, use fou", it is as simple as , unpretentious to the extreme.The ancient people's living room is generally in the east, and the door is in the west.It is the only place for lighting in the room, that is, the only bright place.People's cognition also has the same brightness as 牖.If you want to make people understand a problem that is not easy to understand, you have to enlighten them from their "brightness". "Nayuezizi" means making friends with others, making them trust themselves, and doing their ideological work from the light of their thinking.The line of June [-]th takes the image of "sprinkling a bottle, pouring a gui, using a pot, accepting an agreement and self-closing", which is a question of the relationship between the monarch and his ministers.June [-]th near the monarch, occupying the position of a minister, in a place full of fear, and when it is dangerous, it should be as simple and unpretentious as in a banquet with only "bottle wine, gui [-], and fou", and it should be "satisfied" To gain the understanding and trust of the King through the method of making appointments with oneself.If you do this, you will be blameless in the end.The boundary between rigidity and softness refers to Nineteenth Five-Year and June Fourth, where rigidity and softness intersect.The relationship between Ninth Five-Year and June Fourth is in the Yao position, that is, the relationship between the monarch and his ministers. "Zunjiu, Guier" is an abbreviation of the Six Fourth Line.Xiaoxiang means that all the content of Yao Ci is about the relationship between hardness and softness, and the relationship between monarch and minister.

Ninth Five-Year: The hurdle is not full, it is only flat, and there is no blame.

"Xiang" said: "The ridge is not full, and the middle is not big."

Translation Ninth Five: The water in the ridge will never overflow. Although the ridge points are high and low, they are all flat, so there is no harm.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: "The water in the ridge will never overflow", which shows that the Ninth Five-Year (masculine and upright, vigorous and humble), because it is still in the ridge, dare not be complacent.

Interpretation of the Ninth Five-Year Plan is masculine and upright, vigorous and virtuous, and has a pious inheritance from the June Fourth Movement. Although it occupies a high position, it does not dare to be complacent, so it can take risks well and everything is equal.The ninety-two hurdle is dangerous, and the ninety-five hurdle is not profitable.There are dangers in the ridge, which is intended to emphasize the existence of danger.Kanbuying is intended to emphasize the way out of danger.The way out of danger is not to make a profit, which means not to make a big profit.The Ninth Five-Year is masculine and upright, it can be said to be big, but I dare not be arrogant.Only by not being arrogant can we maintain a state of flow without loss.

Upper Six: It is tied with emblem, placed on the thorns, not allowed at the age of three, fierce.

"Xiang" said: "The upper six lose the way, and the three-year-old is also fierce."

Translation [-]: It is a dangerous thing to tie a prisoner tightly with ropes and throw him into a prison surrounded by thorns, and he will not be released for three years.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: If you violate the right way in the upper six, there will be three years of danger.

Interpretation According to the "Zhou Rituals", "the first crime should be given up for three years, the middle crime should be given up for two years, the next crime should be given up for one year, and those who cannot change and get out of the earth will be killed." The prisoner was imprisoned for three years. Unavoidable, it is of course fierce to be executed in the end.Three years, many years, not necessarily three years, why is there such a serious evil in the sixth year?Because Shangliu himself is a feminine person, and he is in a very dangerous situation. He has already fallen into deep danger, and there is no possibility of escape.The reason why the upper six became fierce is because of the loss of the way. This "lost way" refers to the fact that the upper sixth is in the most dangerous place, and the time is not good.

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