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L'inspiration alimente l'énergie ; alignez l'enthousiasme avec le but pour avancer efficacement.
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La fermeté et la patience sont nécessaires. En tenant bon, le succès viendra en temps voulu.
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Malgré les défis et les difficultés, la persévérance mènera à la survie et au succès éventuel.
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Un enthousiasme malavisé peut conduire à des erreurs, mais les reconnaître et les corriger évitera les reproches.
↓ Conflit6
Le conflit survient. Abordez les différends avec clarté et équité. Cherchez la résolution plutôt que la victoire. Le compromis est essentiel.
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 2
Legge: The second line, magnetic, shows one who is firm as a rock. She sees a thing without waiting till it has come to pass; with her firm correctness there will be good fortune.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Firm as a rock. Not a whole day. Perseverance brings good fortune.
Blofeld: Unmoved as a rock; before the end of day, righteous persistence will bring good fortune. [Unmoved as a rock because of the repose which results from absolute confidence in a decision already taken.]
Liu: Firm and stable like a rock. Do not wait a whole day. Continuing brings good fortune.
Ritsema/Karcher: Chain-mail tending-towards petrification: Not completing the day. Trial: significant.
Shaughnessy: Scratched on a rock; not to the end of the day; determination is auspicious.
Cleary (1): Firm as a rock, not procrastinating, rectitude is good.
Wu: He is upright like a rock. In less time than the passing of the day, he discriminates the good from the bad. To be persevering is auspicious.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: This is shown by the central and correct position of the line. Wilhelm/Baynes: Because it is central and correct. Blofeld: This is indicated by the suitable position of this line which is central to the lower trigram. Ritsema/Karcher: Using centering correcting indeed. Cleary (2):
It is balanced in the right way. Wu: Because he is central and correct.
The Master said:"Does not he who knows the inception of things possess spirit-like wisdom? The superior man, in his intercourse with the high, uses no flattery, and, in his intercourse with the low, no coarse freedom: does not this show that he knows the inception of things? Those beginnings are the slight stirrings of movement, and the earliest indications of good fortune or ill. The superior man sees them, and acts accordingly without waiting for the delay of a single day. As is said in the I Ching, `He is firm as a rock, and acts without waiting for the delay of a single day. With firm goodness there will be good fortune.' Firm as a rock, how should he have to wait a single day to ensure his knowing those beginnings and his course? The superior man knows the minute and the manifested; he knows what is weak, and what is strong: he is a model to ten-thousand."
Legge: The magnetic second line is in her correct central position in the lower trigram. Quietly and firmly she is able to abide in her place and exercise a far-seeing discrimination. All is indicative of good fortune.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man is quiet, but firm as a rock, yet sensitive to the first imperceptible signs of impending changes. He does not delay in taking action.
Wing: To be able to recognize the early signs of a change in fortune is a tremendous gift. While others may be swept away by compelling rhythms and fads, you adhere firmly to the underlying principles of your nature and react appropriately to the demands of the time. Such is the behavior of leaders.
Editor: All translations except Legge and Cleary's render the second sentence in the imagery of "not waiting for a whole day to pass,” which suggests action taken on the basis of foresight, premonition or intuition. This line is sometimes an injunction to follow your common sense -- saying in effect, that an oracle is unnecessary to proclaim the obvious.
You don't need a weatherman to know
which way the wind blows.
-- Bob Dylan
A. Proper discrimination knows when to act, and when to refrain from action.
B. Your own intuition already knows the answer to your query.
Line 5
Legge: The fifth line, magnetic, shows one with a chronic complaint, but who lives on without dying.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Persistently ill, and still does not die.
Blofeld: Illness is presaged, but it will not last long or cause death.
Liu: Long illness, but still living.
Ritsema/Karcher: Trial: affliction. Persevering, not dying.
Shaughnessy: Determination is illness; if constant you will not die.
Cleary (1): There is a persistent illness, but one never dies.
Cleary (2): Chaste in illness, one never dies.
Wu: It is like having a persistent illness, but not fatal.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: She is mounted on a dynamic line in the central position, and her memories of the past have not yet perished. Wilhelm/Baynes: It rests upon a hard line. That it nevertheless does not die is due to the fact that the middle has not yet been passed. Blofeld: Illness is indicated because this yielding line comes immediately above a firm one. Recovery rather than death is to be expected because this line is, nevertheless, central to the upper trigram. Ritsema/Karcher: Trial: affliction. Riding a solid indeed. Persevering, not dying. Center not-yet extinguished indeed. Cleary (2): Being chaste in illness means riding on firmness. Never dying means not losing balance. Wu: Because its position remains central.
Legge: Line five is magnetic in the place of a dynamic ruler, and in danger of being carried away by the lust of enthusiasm. Her proximity to the powerful influence below is a source of danger. Hence she is represented as suffering from a chronic complaint.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man is continually complaining. Yet the very struggling against the daily troubles constitutes his immediate incentive for living.
Wing: Total harmony is obstructed and impossible. Yet the very awareness of this will keep you from sinking again into chaos and eventual defeat.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Here enthusiasm is obstructed. A man is under constant pressure, which prevents him from breathing freely. However, this pressure has its advantage – it prevents him from consuming his powers in empty enthusiasm. Thus constant pressure can actually serve to keep one alive.
Anthony: The situation is difficult and uncomfortable. We are still under the influence of striving to achieve results or hedging to prevent them. However, our discomfort is useful in causing us to seek out these attitudes which block our progress.
Editor: At its most neutral, the image suggests a chronic condition currently not amenable to being cured. Sometimes this feels like ironic irritation: the oracle seems to be asking: "When are you ever going to learn?” The ego is clinging to outmoded ways (the "memories" mentioned in Legge's Confucian commentary), and is yet unable to fully comprehend the demands of the Work. If this is the only changing line, the hexagram becomes #45, Gathering Together, with a corresponding line hinting that the source of our illness may be less-than-pristine dedication. Cleary (2): “Gathering around the position, there is no blame. If those who are not loyal remain ever-faithful to their original commitment, regret vanishes.”
Better is one’s own dharma, though imperfectly performed, than the dharma of another well performed. Bhagavad Gita
A. A chronic problem remains unresolved.
B. Nobody’s perfect: do the best you can with what you have.
C. Old illusions obstruct your growth.
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 : Conflit, Le Symbole de la Contention, Lutte, Litige, Querelle, Dispute, Procès, "Il est important de faire attention dès le début, alors les choses auront une chance de bien se passer." -- D.F. Hook
Jugement
Legge: Stress indique que malgré des motivations sincères, on rencontre encore de l'opposition et des obstacles. Maintenez une prudence appréhensive. Poursuivre la contention jusqu'au bout produira des résultats néfastes. Il est avantageux de voir le Grand Homme. Il n'est pas avantageux de traverser le grand fleuve.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Conflit. Vous êtes sincère et êtes obstrué. Un arrêt prudent à mi-chemin apporte la bonne fortune. Aller jusqu'au bout apporte le malheur. Il est avantageux de voir le grand homme. Il n'est pas avantageux de traverser la grande eau.
Blofeld: Conflit. Confiance accompagnée d'obstacles ! Avec soin, les affaires peuvent prospérer dans leur cours moyen, mais le résultat final sera un désastre. Il est avantageux de rendre visite à un grand homme, mais pas de traverser le grand fleuve (ou la mer). [En général, cet hexagramme indique que nous avons peu de chances de succès dans tout conflit, dispute ou procès dans lequel nous sommes actuellement engagés et que la retraite est la meilleure politique -- sauf si la ligne un ou cinq est une ligne mobile, auquel cas la position est plus prometteuse. Nous pouvons tirer profit des conseils de quelqu'un de vraiment sage, mais un voyage de quelque nature que ce soit à ce moment serait désastreux.]
Liu: Conflit; vous avez de la sincérité même si vous êtes obstrué, arrêtez-vous à mi-chemin -- bonne fortune; suivre jusqu'au bout -- malheur. Il est bénéfique de voir un grand homme, mais pas de traverser la grande eau.
Ritsema/Karcher: Dispute, possédant la conformité. Bloquant la crainte.
Centrer significatif. Compléter : écueil. Récolter : visualiser les Grandes Personnes. Ne pas Récolter : traverser le Grand Fleuve. [Cet hexagramme décrit votre situation en termes de dispute. Il souligne que l'expression active de vos revendications et objections est la manière adéquate de la gérer. Pour être en accord avec le temps, on vous dit de disputer !] (Sic)
Shaughnessy: Procès : Il y a un retour ; apitoyé et tranquille, il réussit à être de bon augure, mais à la fin est de mauvais augure ; bénéfique ici de voir le grand homme ; pas bénéfique de traverser le grand fleuve.
Cleary (1): Contention; il y a un blocage de la vérité. La prudence et la modération conduisent à de bons résultats, la finalité conduit à de mauvais résultats. Il est bénéfique de voir une grande personne, pas bénéfique de traverser un grand fleuve.
Cleary (2): … La prudence intérieure conduit à de bons résultats, mais finir ainsi est malheureux … etc.
Wu:Litige indique une obstruction de la confiance. Si le sujet est vigilant, il aura de la bonne fortune. S'il est calomnieux jusqu'au bout, il fera face à un présage. Il sera avantageux de voir le grand homme. Il ne sera pas avantageux de traverser le grand fleuve.
L'Image
Legge: L'image de l'eau s'éloignant du ciel forme Stress. L'homme supérieur, en accord avec cela, prend de bons conseils sur le début de toute entreprise.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Le ciel et l'eau vont dans des directions opposées : l'image du Conflit. Ainsi, dans toutes ses transactions, l'homme supérieur considère soigneusement le début.
Blofeld: Cet hexagramme symbolise le ciel et l'eau en opposition. L'Homme Supérieur n'entreprend aucune affaire avant d'avoir soigneusement planifié le début.
Liu: Le ciel et l'eau vont dans des directions différentes, symbolisant le Conflit. L'homme supérieur contemple le début avant d'entreprendre une entreprise.
Ritsema/Karcher: Le ciel s'associant au ruisseau, mouvements contradictoires. Dispute, un chun tzu utilise des affaires stimulantes pour planifier le début.
Cleary (1): Quand le ciel et l'eau vont dans des directions différentes, il y a contention. Les personnes supérieures planifient au début quand elles font des choses.
Cleary (2): … Quand les dirigeants font des choses, ils planifient dès le début.
Wu: Le ciel et l'eau vont dans des directions opposées ; c'est Litige. Ainsi le jun zi planifie bien avant d'agir.
COMMENTAIRE
Confucius/Legge: La rencontre de la Force et du Péril donne l'idée de Stress. Une ligne dynamique dans la place centrale du trigramme inférieur montre comment il y aura de la bonne fortune si l'on maintient une prudence appréhensive ; mais parce que la contention ne doit pas être poussée à l'extrême, il y aura du mal si l'on poursuit sa contention jusqu'au bout. Le grand homme accorde de la valeur à la juste mesure. Si l'on tente de traverser le grand fleuve, il se retrouve dans un abîme.
Legge: Le trigramme supérieur de la Force contrôle ici le trigramme inférieur du Péril qui essaie de l'attaquer. Ou cela peut aussi être vu comme quelqu'un dans une situation périlleuse contestant des forces extérieures fortes. L'image est de contention et de lutte. La ligne yang sincère au milieu du trigramme du Péril donne un caractère à l'ensemble de la figure -- un individu ainsi représenté sera très prudent et aura de la bonne fortune. Mais comme la contention est mauvaise, même un individu sincère doit échouer s'il la poursuit jusqu'au bout. La cinquième ligne représente le grand homme, dont l'agence est sûre d'être bonne. Sa décision dans toute affaire de contention sera correcte. La sixième ligne est également dynamique, mais son action est susceptible d'être trop précipitée pour une grande entreprise, d'où l'avertissement de ne pas tenter de traverser le grand fleuve.
NOTES ET PARAPHRASES
Jugement: Soyez prudent, n'entreprenez pas trop, et ne laissez pas la situation dégénérer.
L'Homme Supérieur est judicieux dans ses choix d'action pour s'assurer que la situation reste stable.
L'hexagramme dépeint un niveau élevé de tension. Wilhelm souligne que la seule ligne "favorable" est le dirigeant à la cinquième place, et que toutes les autres lignes symbolisent des personnes se querellant. Il convient également de noter que les lignes un à quatre conseillent soit de se retirer de la contention, soit de rester passivement en place. Seule la ligne cinq suggère qu'une lutte active peut avoir une issue favorable, et la ligne six dépeint le triste sort de ceux qui insistent pour "exiger leurs droits". Si nous retournons l'hexagramme, nous avons Attente, ce qui suggère quelques vérités subtiles sur la manière appropriée de gérer le stress.
Celui qui aime la dispute aime les coups, l'homme au discours hautain court à sa perte. Proverbes 17: 19
En décidant des procès, je ne suis pas meilleur que quiconque ; mais ce qui est nécessaire, c'est de créer un état de choses dans lequel il n'y aura pas de procès. Confucius
Notez que le résumé du Jugement par Ritsema/Karcher est en désaccord flagrant avec le ton général de la figure : je n'ai jamais reçu cet hexagramme lorsque cette interprétation s'appliquait.