Suivez le leadership des autres, trouvez l'harmonie dans les chemins partagés, et surmontez les conflits en écoutant profondément et en restant ferme dans la vérité.
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Adaptez-vous aux changements, adaptez-vous aux circonstances et alignez-vous avec les autres pour un soutien mutuel.
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L'adaptabilité et la volonté de suivre le bon chemin mènent au succès. La collaboration apporte des résultats.
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Choisir de suivre ce qui est immature ou insignifiant conduit à la perte de force et de soutien.
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Des alliances solides et la loyauté mènent à la reconnaissance et à l'honneur.
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Le conflit survient. Abordez les différends avec clarté et équité. Cherchez la résolution plutôt que la victoire. Le compromis est essentiel.
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 1
Legge: The first line, dynamic, shows us one changing the object of his pursuit; if he is firmly correct there will be good fortune. Going beyond his own gate to find associates, he will achieve merit.
Wilhelm/Baynes: The standard is changing. Perseverance brings good fortune. To go out of the door in company produces deeds.
Blofeld: Those in power undergo a change -- righteous determination brings good fortune! Going forth from home and mingling with those outside will produce tangible results.
Liu: One's position is changing. To continue brings good fortune. Both friends and business are gained by going out. Success.
Ritsema/Karcher: An office: possessing denial. Trial: significant. Issuing-forth from the gate, mingling possesses achievement.
Shaughnessy: The office perhaps notifies; determination is auspicious; going out of the gate to interact has results.
Cleary (1): Standards change; it is good to be correct. Going outside and mixing is effective.
Cleary (2): … Interaction outside the gate is successful.
Wu: The way of conducting public affairs is subject to change. Perseverance will bring good fortune. Success can be had by communicating with people from without.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legg e: He will not fail in the method he pursues. Wilhelm/
Baynes: To follow what is correct brings good fortune. One does not lose oneself. Blofeld: The first sentence presages the good fortune derived from officials undergoing a change of heart and following what is right. The tangible results mentioned at the end of the passage imply that we shall not fail. Ritsema/Karcher: Adhering-to correcting significant indeed. Not letting-go indeed. Cleary (2): It is good to follow what is right …In the sense of not losing. Wu: Because following what is correct is auspicious … Because his position is not compromised.
Legge: The dynamic first line is the lord of the lower trigram. The magnetic lines ought to follow him, but he is beneath them in the lowest place in the figure. This suggests that he should change his pursuit. Because of his strength and correct position, he will be fortunate in this. Going beyond his gate for associates shows public spirit and an absence of selfish motivation.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: At the outset, the man changes his objectives. He will succeed if he remains firm in principle and goes beyond selfish considerations to mingle freely with those who do not share his feelings, as well as those who do.
Wing: A change is occurring, whether in your own objectives or in the situation around you. In order to accomplish something you should now communicate with persons of all persuasions and opinions. Yet remain internally principled and discerning.
Editor: Psychologically, an inner transformation is taking place. If this is the only moving line, hexagram number forty-five, Contraction, is created, so a (possibly unconscious) re-arrangement of attitudes and perceptions is suggested. To "go beyond one's own gate" implies a need to expand your horizons during a shift in the balance of forces.
When I reached thirty I looked back on my past. The previous victories were not due to my having mastered strategy. Perhaps it was natural ability, or the order of heaven, or that other schools' strategy was inferior. After that I studied morning and evening searching for the principle, and came to realize the Way of Strategy when I was fifty. Miyamoto Musashi -- A Book of Five Rings
A. Change your focus, marshal your forces, and seek wider horizons.
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 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 : 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.