Canalisez votre enthousiasme avec sagesse, transformant l'excitation en beauté, et votre voyage inspirera les autres par sa transformation gracieuse.
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L'inspiration alimente l'énergie ; alignez l'enthousiasme avec le but pour avancer efficacement.
↓ Line 1
Une action prématurée ou une expression d'enthousiasme peut entraîner des problèmes. Il est sage d'attendre le bon moment.
↓ Line 3
Dépasser les limites ou hésiter peut mener au regret. Il est important de trouver un équilibre et d'agir avec confiance.
↓ Line 4
Le véritable enthousiasme attire le soutien et conduit à de grandes réalisations. Ayez confiance en votre vision et rassemblez des alliés.
↓ Line 6
Un enthousiasme malavisé peut conduire à des erreurs, mais les reconnaître et les corriger évitera les reproches.
↓ Grâce22
Le raffinement et la grâce rehaussent votre présence. Concentrez-vous sur la beauté et l'élégance dans vos actions, mais ne laissez pas l'apparence éclipser la substance. La simplicité détient souvent la véritable valeur.
Other titles: The Symbol of Harmonious Joy, Repose, Happiness, Providing-for/Provision, Excess, Merriment, Self-confidence, Contentment, Harmonize, Excitement, Intemperance, Self-deception "Repose in the absolute confidence that the action now being taken is right. Also refers to music." -- D.F. Hook
Judgment
Legge: Enthusiasm indicates that feudal princes may be set up and the army advantageously mobilized.
Wilhelm/Baynes:Enthusiasm. It furthers one to install helpers and to set armies marching.
Blofeld:Repose profits those engaged in building up the country and sending forth armies. [This means that perfect certainty as to the rightness of our cause is of great value under the conditions mentioned. The usual meaning of this character is "beforehand" or "happiness." In the English translation of Wilhelm's version, it appears as "enthusiasm." "Repose" was suggested by the Chinese experts who kindly vetted this manuscript. At first I felt hesitant about adopting it, until I realized that, where it is used favorably, it must be understood as the kind of mental repose which follows absolute confidence that the action now being taken is the right one. In lines one, three and six, however, it clearly means failure to act when action is essential; in line five, failure to act owing to incapacity.]
Liu:Happiness. It is of benefit to build up the country (or business), and send the army forth. [Receivers of this hexagram should be wary of exhibiting excessive enthusiasm when beginning a new undertaking. If they are not, there will be misfortune. The hexagram also advises that everything necessary for advancement should be made ready. Then if an opportunity presents itself, it should be seized immediately, without hesitation.]
Ritsema/Karcher: Providing-for , Harvesting: installing feudatories to move legions. [This hexagram describes your situation in terms of what is needed to meet the future. It emphasizes that accumulating strength through foresight and prudence so things can be fully enjoyed is the adequate way to handle it. To be in accord with the time, you are told to: provide-for!]
Shaughnessy: Excess: Beneficial to establish a lord and to move troops.
Cleary (1):Joy. It is advantageous to set up a ruler and mobilize the army.
Wu:Merriment indicates the advantage of establishing principalities and taking military actions.
The Image
Legge: Thunder exploding out of the Earth -- the image of Enthusiasm. The ancient kings, in accordance with this, composed their music and honored virtue, offering it especially to God when they worshipped him at the service of their ancestors.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Thunder comes resounding out of the earth: the image of Enthusiasm. Thus the ancient kings made music in order to honor merit, and offered it with splendor to the Supreme Deity, inviting their ancestors to be present.
Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes thunder over the earth. The ancient rulers venerated heaven's gifts with solemn music and they sacrificed abundantly to the Supreme Lord of Heaven in order to be worthy of their ancestors.
Liu: Thunder arising from the earth symbolizes Happiness. The ancient kings composed music to honor virtue, offering it to God and the spirits of their ancestors.
Ritsema/Karcher: Thunder issuing-forth-from earth impetuously. Providing-for. The Earlier Kings used arousing delight to extol actualizing-tao. Exalting worship's Supreme Above. Using equalizing the grandfather predecessors. [Actualize-tao:ability to follow the course traced by the ongoing process of the cosmos... Linked with acquire, TE: acquiring that which makes a being become what it is meant to be.]
Cleary (1): When thunder emerges the earth stirs: Thus did the kings of yore make music to honor virtue, offering it in abundance to God, thereby to share it with their ancestors.
Wu: Thunder breaks out above the earth with a boom; this is Merriment. Thus the ancient kings used music to praise virtuous accomplishments and made grand offerings to the Supreme Being to be accompanied by their ancestors.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: Enthusiasm shows one dynamic line inspiring responsive obedience in all the others: devoted obedience takes action. Such obedient action conforms to natural law and creates order and discipline in the people. The planets and the seasons follow their natural cycles. The sages similarly obey the laws of their nature and the people acknowledge their regulations and punishments as just.
Legge:Enthusiasm shows harmony and contentment throughout the kingdom -- a time when the people rejoice in their sovereign and readily obey him. At such a time his appointments and any military undertakings would be hailed and supported. Because he is close to the fifth place of dignity, the dynamic fourth line is seen as the chief executive officer of the ruler. The ruler has confidence in him, and all of the magnetic lines yield their obedience. Obedience is the attribute of the lower trigram which here takes the initiative and uses Movement, which is the attribute of the upper trigram.
The symbolism of the Image is more obscure than usual. The use of music at sacrifices is supposed to assist in producing the union between God and his worshippers as well as the present and past generations.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Judgment: Delegate authority and gather your forces.
The Superior Man synchronizes his will with the intent of the Self via the principles of the Work.
Enthusiasm is the reverse of the preceding hexagram of Temperance. In Temperance we saw the calm strength of a mountain concealed within the earth. In Enthusiasm we see thunder exploding out of the ground into the sky: the strength that was formerly tempered and restrained is now released. It is significant to note that while every line of Temperance is more or less "favorable,” every line of Enthusiasm is either negative or cautionary -- even the generally positive fourth line carries a hint of warning about “doubt.”
Negatively, Self-Deception (the passion of True Believers) seems to be what this hexagram is portraying. The figure often suggests a callow or deluded buoyancy -- the kind of outlook associated with romantic idealists. In its most negative aspect, Enthusiasm is Intemperance -- the exact opposite of the moderation and restraint shown in the preceding hexagram. The behavior of an untrained Great Dane puppy suddenly bursting into a formal dinner party could be described as "enthusiasm,” but hardly a desirable form thereof. The lower trigram of Obedient Devotion has suddenly employed the action and energy of the upper trigram of Thunderous Shock to express itself. This is inconsistent with the code of the superior man.
Conversely, in its most positive sense, Enthusiasm suggests the surety of total self-confidence. Blofeld translates this as Repose, explaining that the name was suggested to him by his Chinese advisors. We begin to understand this subtle distinction when we compare the seemingly obscure connection with music in the Image with a passage from Chuang- tse:
He who understands the music of heaven lives in accordance with nature in his life and takes part in the process of change of things in his death. In repose, his character is in harmony with the yin principle; in activity, his movement is in harmony with the yang principle. Therefore he who understands the music of heaven is not blamed by heaven or criticized by men ... It is said, "In action he is like heaven. In repose he is like the earth ... Because his mind has found repose, therefore the creation pays homage to him.”
To understand “the music of heaven” is to attain Repose, which is another way of describing the tranquility that comes with furthering the intent of the Self. The only dynamic line in the hexagram is in the minister's place just below the fifth-line ruler. He has the confidence of his sovereign and his actions therefore accord with heaven. We can turn to the Stoics to find an illustration of this idea:
My will is simply that which comes to pass. For I esteem what God wills better than what I will. To Him will I cleave as His minister and attendant; having the same movements, the same desires, in a word the same will as He. -- Epictetus
Thus we see that the hexagram can describe either one of two opposite conditions -- the intemperate Enthusiasm of ego-confidence (a synonym for Self-Deception), or the calm Repose of true SELF-confidence. The fifteenth and sixteenth hexagrams, each the inverse of the other, represent magnetic and dynamic aspects of the same general idea: Enthusiasm, when it emanates from the Self, is just Temperance in action.
Line 1
Legge: The first line, magnetic, shows its subject proclaiming her pleasure and satisfaction. There will be evil.
Wilhelm/Baynes:Enthusiasm that expresses itself brings misfortune.
Blofeld: The crowing of the cock bespeaks repose -- an evil omen! [A sleepy cockcrow is not likely to bring men leaping from their beds, yet the traditional role of the cock is to sound the call to renewed action.]
Liu: Happiness that shows itself off brings misfortune.
Ritsema/Karcher: Calling Provision. Pitfall. [Provide(-for)/Provision, YU: ready, prepared for; prearrange, take precaution, think beforehand; satisfied, contented, at ease.]
Shaughnessy: Calling out in excess; inauspicious.
Cleary (1): Trumpeting joy is inauspicious.
Wu: Crowing over merriment will be foreboding.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: Her wishes have been satisfied to overflowing. Wilhelm/ Baynes: This leads to the misfortune of having the will obstructed. Blofeld: The evil mentioned in this passage is that which results from utter exhaustion of the will-power. Ritsema/Karcher: Purpose exhausted, pitfall indeed. Cleary (2): Trumpeting joy bodes ill when the aspiration reaches an impasse. [The first yin harmonizes with the fourth yang above and rejoices in this; having no real qualities in oneself, only aspiring to cleave to others, how can one not come to an impasse?]Wu: Lacking aspiration will be foreboding.
Legge: Line one is magnetic, with a dynamic correlate in the fourth place. She may well enjoy the happiness of the time, but unable to contain herself, she erupts in boastful enthusiasm and calls undue attention to herself. Enthusiasm has thus been her undoing.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: At the outset, the man is enthusiastic and boastful.
Wing: Although you may have a harmonious connection with someone in a high position, it does not necessarily indicate that you are on top of the situation. Furthermore, if you boast of your advantage, you will surely invite disaster.
Editor: The meaning here can be subtle. Something (a strong emotion or attitude perhaps) is upsetting one’s equilibrium. In addition to the usual meaning of “enthusiasm,” this can symbolize any release or loss of energy (even despair, anguish, depression or grief – “Anti-Enthusiasm,” if you will), which serves to demolish Repose. Shaughnessy labels it Excess. Wilhelm and Blofeld render the Confucian commentary in terms of the obstruction or exhaustion of willpower. Ritsema/Karcher describe a loss of purpose; Cleary and Wu, blocked aspiration. If this is the only changing line, the hexagram changes to Shock, a plausible consequence in this case.
But woe unto you that are rich! For ye have received your consolation. Woe unto you that are full! For ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! For ye shall mourn and weep. Luke 6: 24-25
A. A false sense of well-being – or, a false sense of despair. Examine the situation to determine where your conscious outlook or emotional response does not conform with the goals of the Work.
B. Ego/Self Repose is obstructed by inappropriate belief.
Line 3
Legge: The third line, magnetic, shows one looking up for favors, while she indulges the feeling of pleasure and satisfaction. If she would understand! If she be late in doing so, there will indeed be occasion for repentance.
Wilhelm/Baynes:Enthusiasm that looks upward creates remorse.
Shaughnessy: A bowl's excess; regret; being slow there is regret.
Cleary (1): Looking up to joy, if repentance is tardy, there will be regret.
Cleary (2): Looking up in joy, repent. If too late, there is regret.
Wu: Gazing at merriment will bring regret. Loitering about will bring regret.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: This is intimated by the position not being the appropriate one. Wilhelm/Baynes: The place is not the appropriate one. Blofeld: This is indicated by the line's unsuitable position. Ritsema/ Karcher: Situation not appropriate indeed. Cleary (2): Wu: Because his position is improper.
Legge: Line three is magnetic in a dynamic place. She looks upward and depends upon the ruling line above while she does nothing herself but indulge in pleasure. Unless she changes her attitude, the auspice is bad.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man looks upward for favors and continues his dependency upon others. He indulges in visions of pleasure and affluence. Unless he changes immediately, he will be sorry.
Wing: You have waited complacently for a cue from someone else to motivate you. Whatever the reasons for your hesitation, whether it is idle pleasure in the present or simply inertia, you are losing your independence and self-reliance. You can still save yourself. Move.
Editor: This line is magnetic when the times call for dynamic action, giving us an image of indolent dependency. Without doing anything, she wants to "have her cake and eat it too.” Sometimes one receives this line when in a state of despair: feeling as if abandoned to one's fate by an incomprehensible cosmos. The idea is that fate isn't going to make the transition for you: you must do it yourself.
To those who are self-conceited and vain of their imaginary knowledge of exterior things, having no real wisdom, nothing can be shown, because the perverted action of their own minds opposes the harmonious action of the Universal Mind and repulses it. The spheres of their souls become narrow and contracted, and cannot expand towards the whole. They rest self-satisfied, buried in the shadow of their own ignorance, and are inaccessible to the light of Nature. Paracelsus -- Philosophia Sagax
A. Stop indulging yourself and do what you know to be correct in the matter at hand.
B. Your confidence is misplaced.
C. The image suggests weakness and dependency.
Line 4
Legge: The fourth line, dynamic, shows him from whom the harmony and satisfaction come. Great is the success which he obtains. Let him not allow suspicions to enter his mind, and thus friends will gather around him.
Wilhelm/Baynes: The source of enthusiasm. He achieves great things. Doubt not. You gather friends around you as a hair clasp gathers the hair.
Blofeld: From repose, great results accrue. Harbor no doubts. Why should it be harmful to befriend this official? [The meaning of this terse question is not obvious; but the enquirer may find it apt in the context either of his question or of subsequent events.]
Liu: The source of happiness. One receives great gain without hesitation. Your friends are already successful.
Ritsema/Karcher: Antecedent Provision. The great possesses acquiring. No doubting. Partners join-together suddenly.
Shaughnessy: Really excess; if one greatly has gain, do not doubt; cowries and shells slander.
Cleary (1): Being the source of joy, there is great gain. Do not doubt. Companions gather.
Wu: Let merriment have its way. There is much to gain. No doubt about it. Friends will unite their hairpins.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: His aims take effect on a grand scale. Wilhelm/Baynes:
His will is done in great things. Blofeld: The first sentence indicates the fullest attainment of our will. Ritsema/Karcher: Purpose: the great moving indeed. Cleary (2): The aspiration is carried out greatly. Wu: His aspirations are fully realized.
Legge: The dynamic subject of line four is the agent to whom the happy condition is owing, and it is only necessary to caution him to maintain his confidence in himself and his purpose. His adherents and success will continue.
Anthony: The source of enthusiasm is in believing in our path and its ultimate success, because it is correct. We gather friends and helpers when this belief is strong enough that we do not try to convince people or contend with them. Contending comes from the ego, which secretly disbelieves.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man is confident, free of suspicions of others, and sincere in his dedication. He instills harmony and satisfaction among his associates. People gather around him in effective cooperation.
Wing: Harmonious times are approaching. It is safe to exhibit your confidence in the future. Your attitude will attract others to you, who will co-operate in your endeavors. In this way you can accomplish great deeds.
Editor: As the only dynamic line in the hexagram, line four is considered to be its ruler. When we note that Legge mentions "harmony and satisfaction" instead of "enthusiasm," we begin to see the meaning behind Blofeld's title of Repose. Indeed, his translation of the line begins: "From repose, great results accrue..." Wilhelm's version gives the idea of consolidating forces "as a hair clasp gathers the hair." Psychologically interpreted, a process of integration is symbolized. The line can sometimes be a gentle admonition to have faith in your own unconscious processes to advance the Work.
The One does not aspire to us, to move around us; we aspire to it, to move around it. Actually, we always move around it; but we do not always look. We are like a chorus grouped about a conductor who allow their attention to be distracted by the audience. If, however, they were to turn towards their conductor, they would sing as they should and would really be with him. We are always around The One. If we were not, we would dissolve and cease to exist. Yet our gaze does not remain fixed upon the One. When we look at it, we then attain the end of our desires and find rest. Plotinus -- The Enneads
A. A powerful force calmly organizes separate elements to effect a synthesis.
B. Quiet SELF-confidence inspires the allegiance of inner forces, accumulating energy for transformation.
Line 6
Legge: The sixth line, magnetic, shows its subject with darkened mind devoted to the pleasure and satisfaction of the time. But if she changes her course even when it may be considered as completed, there will be no error.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Deluded enthusiasm. But if after completion one changes, there is no blame.
Blofeld: Madcap repose. Fortunately a change takes place, so no blame is involved. [Madcap repose implies being tardy to the point of extreme rashness in the face of approaching danger or of a need to act.]
Liu: Deluded happiness. Change after completion. No blame.
Ritsema/Karcher: Dim Providing-for. Accomplishment: possessing denial. Without fault.
Shaughnessy: Dark excess; if complete perhaps you will be informed; there is no trouble.
Cleary (1): Oblivious in joy. What comes about has change; there is no blame.
Cleary (2): … What has come about changes, etc.
Wu: Merriment is obscured. There may be success, but changes are pending. There will be no error.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: How can one in such a condition continue for long? Wilhelm/Baynes: Deluded enthusiasm in a high place: how could this last? Blofeld: Since this is a top line, the state of madcap repose cannot possibly last long. Ritsema/Karcher: Dim Providing-for located above. Wherefore permitting long-living indeed? Cleary (2): Oblivion in joy is at the top. What can last? Wu: How can the situation continue for long?
Legge: The magnetic sixth line at the end of the hexagram is all but lost.
The action of the figure is over, and if she postpones changing her evil ways any longer, there is no hope remaining for her. However, there is still a chance of safety if she will but change.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man is distracted by pleasure and satisfaction. If he changes after the events of the day have run their course, however, the sober awakening will prevent future errors.
Wing: The person in this position is lost in the memory of a compelling and harmonious experience. The time is past, and what is left is empty egotism. Fortunately, reform is possible. There is an opportunity to move on to a situation of new growth.
Editor: This line has a similar auspice as that of its (improper) correlate in line three. Wilhelm's commentary states: "A sober awakening from false enthusiasm is quite possible and very favorable." Note that “no blame” is mentioned, suggesting that you are more ignorant than culpable in the situation at hand.
While he is in a state of bondage, that is while lusts and falsities rule, the man who is subjected by them supposes that he is in a state of freedom; but it is a gross falsity, for at the very time he is carried along by the delight of his lusts and of the pleasures derived from them, that is, by the delight of his loves; and because it is by a delight it appears to him as free. Everyone thinks himself free while he is being led by some love -- so long as he follows whithersoever it leads. Swedenborg -- Arcana Coelestia
A. Conquer your illusions and change your ways.
B. Illusions are shattered when pursued to their logical conclusions.
Autres titres : Grâce, Le Symbole de la Décoration, Élégance, Gracilité, Luxuriance, Ornement, Image Publique, Parure, Beauté, Vanité, Fard, Façade, Manières, Embellissement, Superficialité, Apparences Superficielles, Forme vs. Fonction, "Art," Ego-trips, "Se réfère souvent à la vanité, la beauté ou la grâce. Il souligne que le contenu est plus important que l'apparence extérieure." -- D.F. Hook
Jugement
Legge: Persona doit être reconnue à sa juste valeur, mais il n'est pas avantageux de la laisser avancer et prendre la tête.
Wilhelm/Baynes:Grâce a du succès. Dans les petites affaires, il est favorable d'entreprendre quelque chose.
Blofeld: Élégance. Succès ! Un petit avantage peut être tiré d'avoir un objectif particulier (ou une destination). [L'implication est que l'avantage n'est pas suffisant pour justifier la recherche de cet objectif ou destination à moins qu'aucune difficulté ou inconvénient particulier ne soit impliqué. L'arrangement des lignes dans cet hexagramme est très similaire à celui du précédent, mais il est jugé beaucoup plus approprié. L'idée générale est que, comme la nature, nous devrions nous conformer à un modèle de comportement régulier et bien ordonné qui, puisque nous sommes des êtres humains et non de simples animaux, implique un haut degré de raffinement. Du point de vue de la divination, il semblerait que c'est un moment pour observer attentivement afin d'apprendre comment ceux impliqués dans la situation pensent et se comportent, pour mieux les influencer pour le bien lorsque l'occasion se présente.]
Liu:Gracilité, succès. Les petites entreprises bénéficient.
Ritsema/Karcher: Ornement, Croissance. Le petit, Récolte : posséder une direction. [Cet hexagramme décrit votre situation en termes de sa présentation extérieure. Il souligne que construire une valeur intrinsèque en embellissant l'apparence et en affichant de la vaillance est la manière adéquate de la gérer...]
Shaughnessy: Luxuriance : Réception ; un peu bénéfique d'avoir un endroit où aller.
Cleary (1):Ornement est développemental. Il est bénéfique d'aller quelque part de manière minimale.
Cleary (2):Ornement est réussi. Il est bénéfique d'aller quelque part de manière modeste.
Wu:Ornement est omniprésent et montre un petit avantage d'une entreprise. [Ornement ne change pas la nature de ce qu'il orne, mais rend simplement ce qu'il orne plus attrayant. En d'autres termes, le changement est principalement superficiel mais non substantiel…]
L'Image
Legge: Feu au pied de la montagne -- l'image de Persona. Ainsi l'homme supérieur orne sa règle avec grâce, mais prend des décisions importantes en conformité avec des lois supérieures.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Feu au pied de la montagne : l'image de Grâce. Ainsi procède l'homme supérieur lorsqu'il clarifie les affaires courantes. Mais il n'ose pas décider des questions controversées de cette manière.
Blofeld: Cet hexagramme symbolise le feu au pied d'une montagne. L'Homme Supérieur, désireux d'assurer le bon fonctionnement des divers départements de l'État, n'ose pas prendre de décisions légères concernant les affaires légales. [Les trigrammes composants, feu sous la montagne, suggèrent une brillance qui ne peut être perçue de loin. Les commentateurs chinois suggèrent que cela symbolise un extérieur ferme et quelque peu sévère qui cache la brillance et la beauté intérieure. Pour les besoins de la divination, cela devrait être pris comme un modèle pour notre comportement dans la question en jeu.]
Liu: Le feu illumine la base de la montagne symbolisant la Gracilité. Ainsi l'homme supérieur clarifie les affaires ordinaires, mais ne juge pas les procès.
Ritsema/Karcher: Sous la montagne possédant le feu. Ornement. Un chun tzu utilise l'éclaircissement des normes multiples sans oser trancher les litiges.
Cleary (1): Il y a du feu sous la montagne, ornant celle-ci. Ainsi les personnes supérieures clarifient les affaires gouvernementales, sans jugement présomptueux. [Ce que les personnes supérieures voient dans cela, c'est que tout comme la lumière d'un feu sous une montagne n'est pas grande, lorsque les gens manquent de capacité, leur vision n'est pas lointaine ; par conséquent, les personnes supérieures administrent et clarifient les simples affaires gouvernementales, et n'agissent pas présomptueusement dans les affaires difficiles de jugement… Ne pas juger présomptueusement a ainsi le sens de respect pour la vie.]
Wu: Il y a du feu au pied de la montagne ; c'est Ornement. Le jun zi apporte de l'ouverture à l'administration des affaires civiles, mais s'abstient de juger les affaires en litige criminel.
COMMENTAIRE
Confucius/Legge: Dans Persona nous voyons la ligne magnétique centrale orner les lignes dynamiques du trigramme inférieur, et c'est pourquoi on dit que l'ornement doit avoir libre cours. D'autre part, la ligne dynamique supérieure orne les lignes magnétiques du trigramme supérieur, et c'est pourquoi on dit qu'il y aura peu d'avantage si l'ornement est autorisé à avancer et prendre la tête. L'élégance et l'intelligence du trigramme inférieur sont régulées par la retenue du trigramme supérieur. Cela suggère les observances qui ornent la société humaine. Nous observons les figures ornementales du ciel, et par là nous déterminons les changements des saisons. Nous observons les coutumes cérémonielles de la société, et comprenons comment la transformation est accomplie dans le monde.
Legge: Persona est le symbole de ce qui est ornemental et de l'acte d'orner. Comme il y a de l'ornement dans la nature, il devrait y en avoir dans la société, mais sa place est secondaire par rapport à ce qui est substantiel.
Les éditeurs de K'ang-hsi disent que la ligne magnétique venant orner les deux lignes dynamiques dans le trigramme inférieur montre comment la substantialité devrait bénéficier de l'ornementation. La ligne dynamique ornant les deux lignes magnétiques dans le trigramme supérieur montre comment l'ornementation devrait être restreinte par la substantialité. L'ornement a son utilité, mais il doit être contrôlé.
Les figures du ciel sont tous les corps célestes dans leurs positions relatives et divers mouvements, produisant le jour et la nuit, la chaleur et le froid, etc. Les observances de la société sont les cérémonies et performances qui régulent et embellissent l'interaction des hommes.
"Une montagne," dit Ch'eng-tzu, "est un endroit où l'on trouve de l'herbe, des arbres, et une centaine d'autres choses. Un feu brûlant en dessous projette sa lumière, et les met tous en beauté. Cela donne l'idée d'ornement, ou d'être orné. Les divers processus de gouvernement sont de petites affaires, et l'élégance et l'ornement aident leur cours, mais les grandes affaires de jugement exigent la simple vérité non ornée.”
NOTES ET PARAPHRASES
Jugement: Il n'y a rien de mal à montrer un peu de style, mais ne vous identifiez pas tellement à un rôle qu'il prenne vos décisions à votre place.
L'Homme Supérieur affiche de l'esprit et du charme lorsque cela est approprié, mais s'appuie sur un discernement avisé lorsqu'il fait des choix sérieux.
Confucius souligne l'attitude correcte pour cet hexagramme dans sa troisième phrase -- l'intelligence élégante, ou "esprit brillant" du trigramme inférieur est "écrasée" par la montagne du trigramme supérieur. L'esprit brillant est souvent juste un "ornement" pour paraître intelligent en compagnie des autres. Comme l'assaisonnement sur la nourriture, un peu de Persona ou d'ornementation améliore la vie, mais trop de poudre de curry submerge le repas.
La conception de Jung de la Persona souligne le fait qu'elle est un véhicule majeur pour les complexes de s'exprimer sous le couvert de l'interaction sociale :
(La Persona) n'est qu'un masque pour le psychisme collectif, un masque qui feint l'individualité, et essaie de faire croire aux autres et à soi-même que l'on est individuel, alors qu'on ne fait que jouer un rôle dans lequel le psychisme collectif s'exprime. Jung -- Les Relations entre le Moi et l'Inconscient
Pour un employé de bureau urbain de porter des vêtements de cow-boy peut être une expression légitime de sa personnalité, ou cela peut être le seul exutoire disponible pour les parties réprimées de son psychisme. Lorsqu'il commence à conduire un pick-up et à fréquenter des bars Country-Western, nous pourrions soupçonner que son rôle le joue et que le vrai Soi est masqué par une ornementation excessive ou Persona.
La personne ne peut être plus qu'un instrument pour la manifestation du soi. Mais les gens s'attachent tellement à leur masque qu'ils ne peuvent plus s'en libérer ... Ils font un roi du serviteur et se séparent de leur véritable être. Ils forcent leur soi supérieur à l'exil, dans l'inconscient. Elisabeth Haich --Initiation
Recevoir cet hexagramme sans lignes changeantes suggère que vous êtes peut-être plus concentré sur la forme que sur le sens, ou que les apparences superficielles cachent quelque chose de plus substantiel dans la situation. Regardez plus profondément – que se passe-t-il vraiment ?