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Suivant17
Adaptez-vous aux changements, adaptez-vous aux circonstances et alignez-vous avec les autres pour un soutien mutuel.
↓ Line 2
Choisir de suivre ce qui est immature ou insignifiant conduit à la perte de force et de soutien.
↓ Line 5
La sincérité dans la poursuite de ce qui est bon conduit à des résultats favorables.
↓ Line 6
Des alliances solides et la loyauté mènent à la reconnaissance et à l'honneur.
↓ Opposition38
Le conflit naît des différences. Cherchez un terrain d'entente et une compréhension mutuelle pour surmonter les séparations et les oppositions. Le respect mutuel ouvre la voie à l'harmonie.
Other titles: According With, Acquiring Followers, Adapting, Adjusting, To Accord With, To Accompany, Concordance, Conformance to The Work, "Learn to serve in order to rule. Quit the old ways." -- D.F. Hook
Judgment
Legge: Following indicates successful progress and no error through firm correctness.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Following has supreme success. Perseverance furthers. No blame.
Blofeld:Following. Sublime success! Righteous persistence brings reward -- no error! [This sublime success comes, of course, only to those who follow what is right, namely the will of heaven or of those whose own will embodies it.]
Liu:Following. Great success. It is of benefit to continue. No blame.
Ritsema/Karcher: Following. Spring Growing Harvesting Trial.
Without fault. [This hexagram describes your situation in terms of being impelled or drawn into moving forward. It emphasizes that yielding to the impulse by accepting guidance is the adequate way to handle it. To be in accord with the time, you are told to: follow!]
Shaughnessy:Following: Prime receipt; beneficial to determine; there is no trouble.
Cleary (1):Following is greatly developmental: it is beneficial if correct; then there is no fault.
Cleary (2): Following is very successful, etc.
Wu: Following is primordial, pervasive, prosperous, and persevering. There will be no blame.
The Image
Legge: Thunder in the marsh: the image of Following. The superior man, in accordance with this, at nightfall enters his house and rests.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Thunder in the middle of the lake: the image of Following. Thus the superior man at nightfall goes indoors for rest and recuperation.
Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes thunder rumbling within a swamp! When darkness falls, the Superior Man goes within and rests peacefully. [The component trigrams can be read as thunder and marsh, but also as movement and joy. In the Book of Change, joy is frequently associated with willing obedience to and glad acceptance of what is right.]
Liu: Thunder in the lake symbolizesFollowing. In the evening, the superior man rests and relaxes in his home.
Ritsema/Karcher: Marsh center possessing thunder. Following. A chun tzu uses turning-to darkening to enter a reposing pause.
Cleary (1): There is thunder in the lake, Following. Thus do superior people go inside and rest when the sun goes down.
Cleary (2): … Leaders go in and rest at sundown.
Wu: Thunder in the marsh is the symbol of Following. Thus the jun zi retires toward the twilight of the day.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: In Followingthe dynamic trigram places itself under the magnetic. We see in them the attributes of Movement and Pleasure. Through firm correctness all under heaven will be found following at such a time.
Legge: Following comes after Enthusiasm, the symbol of harmony and satisfaction. When these conditions prevail men are sure to follow. The hexagram includes the ideas of both following others and being followed by others.(Emphasis mine, Ed.) The good auspice is due to this flexibility, but in either instance the following must be guided by a reference to what is correct. The lower trigram of Movement represents the eldest son, and the upper trigram of Pleasure represents the youngest daughter. The strong places itself under the weak -- esteeming others higher than himself, and giving the idea of following. The union of Movement with Pleasure suggests the same idea.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Judgment: Following means advancement through willpower.
The Superior Man rests on his inner virtue.
In Following, the trigram of Movement "follows" the trigram of Cheerfulness: independent action subordinates itself and allows itself to be led by cheerful obedience. In terms of the Work, this symbolizes our willingness to "follow" or adhere to its principles. Psychologically interpreted, Followingmeans the compliant subordination of ego-autonomy to the Great Work of psychic integration.
Blofeld points out that the trigram of Joy, or Cheerfulness is often associated with "willing obedience to and glad acceptance of what is right." Hence the cheerful following of the intent of the Self. He explains the role of the superior man in the Image as: "It is not hard to see the connection between following and resting peacefully; for, once we have given our allegiance to others [the Self], we no longer have to worry about what should be done."
At seventy ... Confucius allowed his mind to follow whatever it desired, yet everything he did was naturally right of itself. His actions no longer needed a conscious guide. He was acting without effort. This represents the last stage in the development of the sage. Fung Yu-Lan -- A Short History of Chinese Philosophy
When received without changing lines this hexagram often takes the meaning of: "To accord with" -- in such instances the answer is an affirmation to your query.
Line 2
Legge: The second line, magnetic, shows us one who cleaves to the little boy, and lets go the man of age and experience.
Wilhelm/Baynes: If one clings to the little boy, one loses the strong man.
Blofeld: He belongs to (i.e. puts himself at the service of) the boy and thereby loses the adult. [The implied meaning is that he rejects what is superior and follows what is inferior.]
Liu: By staying with the boy, you lose the strong man.
Ritsema/Karcher: Tied-to the small son. Letting-go the respectable husband.
Shaughnessy: Tying the little son, losing the senior fellow.
Cleary (1): Involved with the child, one loses the adult.
Wu: She clings to her child, but loses her husband.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: He cannot be with the two at the same time. Wilhelm/ Baynes: One cannot be with both at once. Blofeld: He cannot be of service to both of them. Ritsema/Karcher: Nowhere joining associating indeed. Cleary (2): One is not with both at once. Wu: Because she cannot have both.
Legge: Line two is magnetic. His proper correlate is the dynamic fifth line, but he prefers to cling to the line below him, instead of waiting to follow line five.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man surrounds himself with the incompetent and dismisses the experienced.
Wing: Examine your goals and the standards you have set for yourself. If they are unworthy, inferior, weak, or nonexistent, you will remain low, and you will lose contact with productive, competent, worthwhile influences. You are forced to make a choice.
Editor: The content of this line prevents using the usual gender symbolism. Nevertheless, the message is unambiguous.
Most people learn how to think as very young children, and throughout their adult lives, they do not think any differently than they did as children. That is to say, most people use their minds in a manner not essentially different from the way they did when they were six years old ... It is significant that in Kabbalah, one's normal mode of thinking is referred to as the "mentality of childhood." ... More advanced modes of thought and states of consciousness, on the other hand, are referred to as the "mentality of adulthood." Aryeh Kaplan -- Jewish Meditation
A. Immature attitudes preclude growth.
Line 5
Legge: The fifth line, dynamic, shows us the ruler sincere in fostering all that is excellent. There will be good fortune.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Sincere in the good. Good fortune.
Blofeld: Confidence is admirable -- good fortune! [ Confidence in the context of this hexagram implies perfect trust in those we follow.]
Liu: There is confidence in goodness. Good Fortune.
Confucius/Legge: His position is correct and in the center. Wilhelm/ Baynes: The place is correct and central. Blofeld: The suitable position of this line. Ritsema/Karcher: Situation correctly centering indeed. Cleary (2): Because the state is correctly balanced. Wu: Because his position is correct and central.
Legge: Line five is dynamic in his central and correct place, with line two as a proper correlate. Hence the auspicious symbolism.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The ruler fosters excellence, which brings on good fortune.
Wing: If you sincerely insist upon the very best, the chances are that you will get it. Set your sights high. Good fortune.
Editor: Wilhelm points out that the ruler in line five "follows" the sage in line six, who represents the way of heaven -- or, in our terms, the ideals of the Work. When the "ruler" (psychologically in this case, the ego) follows the way of heaven (the Work), then his subjects (inner aspects) will follow him, and the kingdom (psyche) will prosper.
Everything that happens to us, properly understood, leads us back to ourselves; it is as though there were some unconscious guidance whose aim it is to deliver us from all ties and all dependence and make us dependent on ourselves. Jung --Letters
A. Your attitude is in accordance with the advancement of the Work.
Line 6
Legge: The sixth line, magnetic, shows us that sincerity held and clung to, yea, and bound fast. We see the king with it presenting his offerings on the Western Mountain.
Wilhelm/Baynes: He meets with firm allegiance and is still further bound. The king introduces him to the Western Mountain.
Blofeld: He obtained people's allegiance and his followers clung to him. During the time he spent on the Western Mountain, the King made sacrifice.
Liu: Deeply involved with one's fellows, one tries to continue. The King offers the Western Mountain.
Ritsema/Karcher: Grappling, tying-to it. Thereupon adhering holding-fast-to it. The king availing-of Growing tending- towards the Western mountain.
Shaughnessy: Grabbing and tying him, and thereafter binding him; the king uses aromatic grass on the western mountain.
Cleary (1): Binding and tying up; the king sacrifices on west mountain.
Cleary (2): In a binding involvement, the king sacrifices on the western mountain.
Wu: He is constrained and bound in order to follow. May a king make offerings to the gods of the western mountain.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: The idea of the hexagram has reached its extreme development. Wilhelm/Baynes: At the top it ends. Blofeld: Those above us have exhausted their merit. Ritsema/Karcher: Exhausting the above indeed.
Cleary (2): This is the upper impasse of involvement. Wu: Because he has reached the upper limit.
Legge: The concept of Followingreaches its highest representation in the topmost line. The action, directed by the most sincere devotion to what is right, influences both men and spiritual beings. The Western Mountain is Mt. Khi, at the foot of which was the original settlement of the house of Kau in 1325 B.C.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The sage, who is retired, is recalled by the king because of his unique qualifications. The faithful and effective subject is rewarded.
Wing: You are called upon, by virtue of your wisdom and expertise, to lead another. You will unquestionably become involved, but you will be rewarded for your unselfish commitment.
Editor: Psychologically, Legge's commentary suggests the idea of devotion and sacrifice uniting forces in both conscious and unconscious realms of the psyche. The Confucian commentary suggests that the principle of Followingcomes to an end when ego and Self merge. To offer a sacrifice on the peak of the Western mountain: a high spiritual place where the sun sets (an image of the completed Work), implies this. Getting this line doesn't mean the Work is literally completed (it never is in this space-time dimension), but that you have probably integrated some significant inner complexes. Compare this line with 46:4.
The surrender of the limited purposes of the ego to the much larger goals of the Self -- goals within which the lesser egoic purposes are in fact meaningfully encompassed -- does not do away with the sense of freedom. On the contrary, only by subordinating the limitations of the ego to the Self do we truly justify our freedom and do we meaningfully validate our responsibility for our actions and decisions. S.A. Hoeller -- The Gnostic Jung
A. Devotion to the Work brings unity to the psyche.
Autres titres : Opposition, Le Symbole de l'Étrangeté et de la Désunion, L'Éloignement, Opposés, Polarisation, Aliénation, Distant de, Perversion, Disharmonie, Séparé, Contradiction, Éloignement, Incongruité
Jugement
Legge : Malgré l'Aliénation Mutuelle, il y aura du succès dans les petites affaires.
Wilhelm/Baynes :Opposition. Dans les petites affaires, bonne fortune.
Blofeld : L'Éloignement -- bonne fortune dans les petites affaires.
Liu : Opposition. Dans les petites choses, bonne fortune.
Ritsema/Karcher :Polarisation, Petites Affaires significatives. [Ce hexagramme décrit votre situation en termes de choses qui sont connectées mais ne devraient pas se joindre. Il souligne que mettre les choses en opposition tout en reconnaissant leur lien essentiel est la manière adéquate de le gérer...]
Shaughnessy : Perversion : Les petites affaires sont de bon augure.
Cleary (1) : Disharmonie. Une petite affaire se déroulera bien.
Cleary (2) : Opposition, Etc.
Wu : Incongruité indique qu'il est de bon augure de faire de petites choses.
L'Image
Legge : L'image du feu sur un marais forme l'Aliénation Mutuelle. L'homme supérieur, en accord avec cela, accepte les diversités qui composent le tout.
Wilhelm/Baynes : Au-dessus le feu ; en dessous le lac : l'image de l'Opposition. Ainsi, au milieu de toute communauté, l'homme supérieur conserve son individualité.
Blofeld : Ce hexagramme symbolise le feu au-dessus et un lac marécageux en dessous. L'Homme Supérieur atteint la différence par l'unité.
Liu : Le feu au-dessus du lac symbolise l'Opposition. Vivant avec le peuple, l'homme supérieur distingue parmi eux.
Ritsema/Karcher : Feu au-dessus, marais en dessous. Polarisation. Un chun tzu utilise la concorde et aussi la division. [Cf. Solve et Coagula—Ed.]
Cleary (1) : Au-dessus est le feu, en dessous est un lac, disparate. Ainsi, les personnes supérieures sont les mêmes mais différentes.
Cleary (2) : Au-dessus est le feu, en dessous est un lac – opposé. Les personnes développées, etc.
Wu : Le feu au-dessus et le marais en dessous forment l'Incongruité. Ainsi, le Jun zi emprunte des chemins séparés, mais arrive au même but.
COMMENTAIRE
Confucius/Legge : Dans l'Aliénation Mutuelle, nous voyons le feu monter et l'eau descendre. Nous voyons deux sœurs vivant ensemble dont les volontés vont dans des directions opposées. Cependant, le trigramme inférieur de la Joie est attaché au trigramme supérieur de la Clarté, et la cinquième ligne magnétique est répondue par la deuxième ligne dynamique ; ce sont des signes qu'il peut encore y avoir de la bonne fortune dans les petites affaires. Le ciel et la terre sont séparés et à part, mais le travail qu'ils accomplissent est le même. L'homme et la femme sont séparés et à part, mais avec une volonté commune, ils cherchent le même objet. Il y a une diversité entre les myriades de classes d'êtres, mais il y a une analogie entre leurs diverses opérations. Grands en effet sont les phénomènes et les résultats de cette condition de désunion et de séparation.
Legge : L'Aliénation Mutuelle montre une condition dans laquelle la désunion et la méfiance prévalent. Le hexagramme enseigne comment cet état de choses peut être surmonté dans les petites affaires et la voie préparée pour la guérison de tout le système. Les commentateurs suggèrent que la condition symbolisée ici est une suite nécessaire à la régulation de la famille dans le hexagramme précédent.
Les éditeurs de K'ang-hsi observent que dans de nombreux hexagrammes, nous avons deux filles vivant ensemble, mais que seulement dans celui-ci et le numéro quarante-neuf, l'attention y est appelée. La raison en est que dans ces deux diagrammes, les sœurs sont la deuxième et la troisième filles, tandis que dans les autres, l'une d'elles est l'aînée, dont la place et la supériorité sont fixées, de sorte qu'entre elle et l'une des autres, il ne peut y avoir de division ou de collision. La leçon dans le commentaire confucéen n'est pas l'unité dans la diversité, mais l'union avec diversité.
NOTES ET PARAPHRASES
Jugement : En résolvant les différends, commencez par leurs aspects les moins controversés.
L'Homme Supérieur respecte les points de vue alternatifs.
Retournez le hexagramme de Famille et vous obtenez le hexagramme de l'Aliénation Mutuelle. Le contraire de l'unité familiale est l'éloignement, qui combiné avec l'idée de polarité, suggère le type de "repoussement" énergétique que l'on ressent lorsque deux aimants en fer à cheval sont appariés aux mêmes pôles. Malgré cette opposition cependant, chaque ligne traite positivement la situation -- il n'y a pas une image dans le hexagramme qui n'évoque une résolution éventuelle.
Le trente-huitième hexagramme met encore plus l'accent que d'habitude sur les relations (polarités) existant entre ses lignes corrélatives. Cela suggère que les connexions internes surpassent tout éloignement superficiel. L'Aliénation Mutuelle n'est donc pas une condition permanente -- elle représente plus un défi qu'un désastre. Toute polarité est une énergie potentielle pour accomplir un travail utile, et dans ce hexagramme, les polarités sont plus que d'habitude disponibles à cette fin. Cela ne signifie pas que le travail ici est nécessairement facile, juste qu'il offre une grande opportunité de croissance.
Une crise se développe lorsque quelque pression ou événement crée un état de déséquilibre inconfortable qui ne répond pas aux défenses et mécanismes d'adaptation habituels. Elle implique un danger avec à la fois un risque considérable d'aggravation et une opportunité de croissance (avec amélioration de l'intuition, de la maîtrise et de l'estime de soi) ... Le patient doit être éduqué pour comprendre sa situation et aidé à voir que les épisodes douloureux peuvent s'avérer faire partie d'un processus constructif, et ne sont pas la preuve d'une issue désastreuse. R.P. Kluft -- Intervention de Crise Hypnothérapeutique dans la Personnalité Multiple