Guérissez vos racines pour guider votre chemin; une persistance douce apporte un changement significatif.
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Réparation
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Pénétration
Être persuasif
On parvient à convaincre les autres. taoscopy.com
Réparation18
Aborder les problèmes ; réparer ce qui a été négligé. Assumer la responsabilité de restaurer et d'améliorer.
↓ Line 5
Corriger les erreurs passées mérite respect et éloge.
↓ Pénétration57
Adaptez l'influence comme le vent ; des changements subtils apportent des progrès. La constance et l'endurance pénétreront les barrières.
Other titles: Work On What Has Been Spoiled, The Symbol of Destruction, Decay, Arresting of Decay, Work after Spoiling, Fixing, Rectifying, Corrupting, Branch, Degeneration, Misdeeds "Can refer to heredity and psychological traits.” -- D. F. Hook
Judgment
Legge: Successful progress is indicated for those who properly repair what has been spoiled. It is advantageous to cross the great stream. One should consider carefully the events three days before the turning point and the tasks remaining for three days afterward.
Wilhelm/Baynes:Work On What Has Been Spoiled has supreme success. It furthers one to cross the great water. Before the starting point, three days. After the starting point, three days.
Blofeld:Decay augurs sublime success and the advantage of crossing the great river (or sea). [I.e. of going on a journey or of going forward with one's plans.] What has happened once will surely happen again (literally, "three days before the commencement; three days after the commencement"). [It would have been hard to make sense of these words, were it not that the Confucian Commentary on the Text clearly explains them; hence the liberty I have taken with the Text.]
Liu: Work after spoiling. Great success. It is of benefit to cross the great water. Before starting, three days. After starting, three days. [This hexagram implies that, although conditions are bad now, improvement can be expected.]
Ritsema/Karcher: Corrupting, Spring Growing. Harvesting: wading the Great River. Before seedburst three days, after seedburst three days. [This hexagram describes your situation in terms of disorder, perversion and putrefaction. It emphasizes that letting things rot away so they become obsolete is the adequate way to handle it...]
Shaughnessy: Branch: Prime auspiciousness; receipt. Beneficial to ford the great river; preceding jia by three days, following jia by three days.
Cleary (1): Correcting degeneration is greatly developmental. It is beneficial to cross great rivers. Three days before the start, three days after the start. [The way to correct degeneracy is not in empty tranquility without action; it is necessary to work in the midst of great danger and difficulty, to act in the dragon’s pool and the tiger’s lair. Only then can one restore one’s original being, cultivating it into something indestructible.]
Cleary (2): From degeneration comes great development, etc.
Wu: Misdeeds is great and pervasive. It will be advantageous to cross the big river. It would be advisable to begin an undertaking three days before Jia and examine the ongoing progress three days thereafter.
The Image
Legge: The image of wind below the mountain forms Repair. The superior man, in accordance with this, stimulates the virtue of the people.
Wilhelm/Baynes: The wind blows low on the mountain: the image of Decay. Thus the superior man stirs up the people and strengthens their spirit.
Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes wind blowing at the foot of a mountain. The Superior Man, by stimulating people's hearts, nourishes their virtue.
Liu: Wind blowing around the foot of the mountain symbolizes Work after Spoiling. The superior man encourages people to cultivate virtue.
Ritsema/Karcher: Below mountain possessing wind. Corrupting. A chun tzu uses rousing the commoners to nurture actualizing-tao. [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): There is wind in the mountains; degeneration. Thus superior people rouse the people and nurture virtue.
Cleary (2): … Leaders thus arouse the people to nurture virtue.
Wu: There is wind at the foot of the mountain; this is Misdeeds. Thus the jun zi arouses the people and nurtures his own virtue.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: The dynamic trigram is above, and the magnetic trigram is below. Pliancy is below, and Stopping above: these suggest troubled conditions verging on ruin. But Repair brings order to all under heaven, and he who advances will encounter the business to be done. The end of confusion is the beginning of order; such is the procedure of heaven.
Legge: Repair means the performance of painful but necessary duties. It shows a situation in which things are going to ruin, as if through poison or venomous worms. In order to justify the auspice of progress and success, the duty of the figure is to rectify this and restore conditions to health. This will require a major effort, such as crossing the great stream, and the careful differentiation of the causes of the problem, as well as the measures taken to fix it. The attribute of the lower trigram is Pliancy, and the upper represents Stoppage or Arrest. Hence, the feeble pliancy of decadence is stopped cold by the immovable mountain. The three days before and after the turning point symbolize the careful attention and differentiation necessary for any rectification to succeed.
On the Image, Ch'eng-tzu says: "When the wind encounters the mountain, it is driven back, and the things about are all scattered in disorder; such is the emblem of the state denoted by Repair." The nourishing of virtue appears especially in line six -- all the other lines belong to the helping of the people.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Judgment:Repair means to set your house in order. Analyze your choices before the renovation and evaluate their consequences afterward.
The Superior Man orders his thoughts and feelings, reforms old attitudes, and strengthens his will. (Psychologically, to "stimulate the virtue of the people" (Legge) is to rectify the components of a complex.)
To imagine any truly objective state of perception we must include all that exists: the entire cosmos. Each differentiation of this, from atom to galaxy, is one slice out of an infinite whole. As a portion of the entirety, we are always linked with our ancestors in an infinite web of relationships which includes our family history, our racial-cultural-historical heritage and Homo sapiens as a species. Though seldom aware of them, it is useful to remember these links. Emanating from an unfathomable complexity, their karmically-charged morphogenetic fields are constantly shaping our lives. It follows that, although we perceive ourselves as separate from our ancestors, the separation is a subjective experience which is true only in a temporally limited sense.
Every line of Repair, except two and six, shows a son dealing with the troubles caused by his father. This reminds us of the biblical curse:
For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. Exodus 20: 5
The father archetype has a wide range of meanings: this extends from the Primal Spirit ("God the Father"), to a prior cause or intent in the psyche which has engendered a present condition. Psychologically interpreted, it is this latter reading which usually applies. If a "father" symbolizes the cause, then a "son" is the effect. If the effect is imperfect, then to rectify it is also to rectify the original intent.
To a large extent our lives consist of well-intentioned but misguided choices which create less than perfect consequences. To modify our attitude or behavior so that it corrects errors in our original intent is to "deal with the troubles caused by the father."
For example: In a misconceived expression of affection, a parent allows his child unrestricted access to candy. As a consequence of this choice, the kid's teeth become rotten, and the only logical way to correct the original error is to now curtail his intake of sugar. The fact that this new choice will create stress in the relationship between parent and child is just a consequence of the original choice and has no bearing at all on what is correct in the situation.
In some situations this hexagram may be interpreted as a response to a karmic chain of cause and effect:
To harmonize with the Wisdom Teachings, the scripture should read that the karma of the "father" is visited upon the "child" unto the fourth incarnation, not generation. The mistakes you made in the last four incarnations may be visited upon you in the form of karma flowing out of the heart seed atom in the present incarnation. Thus what you "fathered," or created, in your last incarnation may be the source ("parent") of your karma today. You are a child of that parent today. You have inherited from that parent -- the you of the past, not your physical parents -- all of your characteristics, weaknesses and strengths. Earlyne Chaney -- The Mystery of Death and Dying
The interpretation of any oracle response can only be as profound as our minds are prepared to accept. As moderns we find it difficult to empathize with "ancestor worship," yet properly understood, it can provide useful insights into the Work. In the unconscious realm all time is immediate, not sequential, and the Objective Psyche consists of a non- temporal web of forces shading from personal to universal. This means that if we have a complex engendered in us by our father, for example, we can reasonably assume that he was passing on what he received from his own parents. In this way, the unresolved complexes of the ancestors shape our own personalities: they live in and through us right now, even if they had their birth in forefathers long forgotten. This is a kind of near-immortality: individuals may die, but beliefs, attitudes, complexes live as long as they have receptive vessels to inhabit. (This is probably the engine of karma.) To the extent that an ancestral chain of causality still motivates our choices, we are totally responsible for "setting right what has been spoiled by the father."
SUGGESTIONS FOR MEDITATION
Most people have some level of unfinished business with their parents: psychologists would have little to do if this weren't true. It can be a healing ritual to set up an altar to a deceased parent and meditate there on the stresses that still remain between you. To approach the situation without judgment, to realize (non-logically) that forces pre-existing you provoked the condition as much as your parent did, will elicit much insight. Be especially aware of the presence of the past and the illusion of linear time. (Is it possible somehow to be your own great-grandfather?) Ancestor “worship” of this sort can be profoundly therapeutic.
Line 5
Legge: The fifth line, magnetic, shows a son dealing with the troubles caused by his father. He obtains the praise of using the fit instrument for his work.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Setting right what has been spoiled by the father. One meets with praise.
Blofeld: Assuming responsibility for the mistakes of our fathers will win us praise.
Liu: Correcting the mistakes of the father leads to recognition.
Ritsema/Karcher: Managing the father's Corrupting. Availing- of praise.
Shaughnessy: The stem father's branch; use a cart.
Cleary (1): Correcting the degeneracy of the father, using praise.
Cleary (2): Dealing with the degeneration of the father, the action is praised.
Wu: He attends to the affairs of his father. He has reputation at his disposal.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: He is responded to by the second line with all of his virtue. Wilhelm/Baynes: He receives him in virtue. Blofeld: Because to take them upon ourselves is a virtue. Ritsema/Karcher: Receiving uses actualizing-tao indeed. [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 (2): Because one takes up after him with virtue. Wu: He succeeds with virtue.
Legge: The magnetic fifth line is the seat of the ruler, but its proper correlate is the dynamic second line -- the strong minister to whom the work of the hexagram is delegated.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: With the assistance of able helpers, the man reverses the process of decay of former times. He is praised for it.
Wing: You are in a position to assume the responsibility for a long-needed reform. Do it. Those around you will be supportive of your efforts and you will be honored with praise and recognition.
Editor: Line five does not lend itself to the usual gender symbolism. The dynamic second line deals with feelings (the mother), and the magnetic fifth line deals with thoughts or conscious attitudes (the father). The Confucian commentary describes these correlate lines as uniting to attain symmetry. Ritsema/Karcher translate this as facilitating the unfolding of essence (tao). This suggests an overall rectification of thoughts and feelings to attain balance. The other translations emphasize that one obtains recognition and praise for this, suggesting a major accomplishment in the development of the Work.
Inasmuch as ordering activity and emotional receptivity are felt as belonging to the masculine and feminine principles respectively, the first life contacts with father and mother set the basic patterns for the development of our assertiveness and our feeling. When there are problems in these areas they must be confronted and consciously re-examined in terms of these original encounters before a further development can become possible. E. C. Whitmont -- The Symbolic Quest
A. Put some thought into your feelings, or: bring compassion into your thinking.
B. Rectify your thoughts and feelings: revise a limiting belief.
Autres titres : Le Doux, Le Pénétrant, Vent, Le Symbole de la Flexion pour Entrer, Soumission Volontaire, Pénétration Douce, Sol, Calculs, Complaisance, Influence Pénétrante, La Pénétration du Vent, Humilité, Service Dévoué, Soumission
Jugement
Legge :La Pénétration indique un succès modeste. Voir le grand homme et se diriger dans la direction qu'il implique.
Wilhelm/Baynes :Le Doux. Succès par ce qui est petit. Il est avantageux d'avoir un endroit où aller. Il est avantageux de voir le grand homme.
Blofeld :Soumission Volontaire -- succès dans les petites affaires. Il est avantageux d'avoir en vue un objectif (ou une destination) et de rendre visite à un grand homme. [C'est un hexagramme raisonnablement favorable ; il présage un certain succès pour ceux qui se soumettent aux circonstances -- sauf si une ligne mobile indiquant le contraire est reçue. Ce n'est pas le moment de résister mais de se soumettre.]
Liu :La Pénétration. Petit succès. Il est bénéfique d'aller quelque part. Il est bénéfique de voir un grand homme.
Ritsema/Karcher : Sol, le petit : Croissance. Récolter : posséder une direction. Récolter : visualiser de Grandes Personnes. [Cet hexagramme décrit votre situation en termes de fournir un soutien sous-jacent. Il souligne que pénétrer subtilement et nourrir les choses par en dessous, l'action du Sol, est la manière adéquate de le gérer. Pour être en accord avec le temps, on vous dit d'entrer dans la situation par en dessous !]
Shaughnessy : Calculs : Petite réception ; bénéfique d'avoir un endroit où aller ; bénéfique de voir le grand homme.
Cleary (1) :Vent est petit mais en développement. Il est bénéfique d'avoir un endroit où aller. Il est bénéfique de voir un grand homme.
Cleary (2) :Le petit réussit. Il est bénéfique d'avoir un endroit où aller. Il est bénéfique de voir de grandes personnes.
Wu : Complaisance indique que les petits sont omniprésents. Il est avantageux d'avoir des entreprises. Il est également avantageux de voir le grand homme.
L'Image
Legge : Deux trigrammes de vent se suivant forment La Pénétration. L'homme supérieur proclame ses ordres et entreprend son travail.
Wilhelm/Baynes : Vents se suivant l'un après l'autre : l'image de la pénétration douce. Ainsi l'homme supérieur répand ses ordres et réalise ses entreprises.
Blofeld : Cet hexagramme symbolise un vent favorable. L'Homme Supérieur accomplit ses tâches assignées en accord avec la volonté du ciel (ou du souverain). [Les trigrammes composants combinent les concepts de vent et de douceur -- d'où un vent favorable.]
Liu : Vent suivant vent symbolise La Pénétration. L'homme supérieur proclame ses directives et exécute ses affaires.
Ritsema/Karcher : Vents suivants. Sol. Un chun tzu utilise la distribution du destin pour déplacer les affaires.
Cleary (1) : Vent suivant vent.Ainsi les personnes supérieures articulent des directions et accomplissent des tâches.
Wu : Une brise suit l'autre ; c'est Complaisance. Ainsi le jun zi donne de nouvelles injonctions pour administrer les affaires publiques.
COMMENTAIRE
Confucius/Legge : Les trigrammes de vent répétés montrent la répétition des ordres gouvernementaux. La cinquième ligne dynamique a pénétré à sa place centrale correcte et met sa volonté en action. Les première et quatrième lignes magnétiques obéissent aux lignes dynamiques au-dessus d'elles. C'est pourquoi on dit qu'il y aura du succès dans les petites affaires.
Legge : La Pénétration symbolise à la fois le vent et le bois, et a les attributs de Docilité, Flexibilité et Pénétration. Nous devons la considérer comme le vent avec son pouvoir pénétrant qui trouve son chemin dans chaque recoin.
Confucius a dit : "La relation entre supérieurs et inférieurs est comme celle entre le vent et l'herbe. L'herbe doit se plier quand le vent souffle dessus." En accord avec cela, l'hexagramme doit être compris comme l'influence et les ordres du gouvernement conçus pour remédier à ce qui ne va pas chez le peuple. Le trigramme supérieur dénote les ordres émanant du dirigeant, et le inférieur l'obéissance qui leur est rendue par le peuple.
Ch'eng-tzu dit :"Les supérieurs, en harmonie avec le devoir des inférieurs, émettent leurs ordres ; les inférieurs, en harmonie avec les souhaits de leurs supérieurs, les suivent. En haut et en bas, il y a cette harmonie et cette déférence ; et c'est la signification du trigramme Vent redoublé. Quand les ordres et les affaires gouvernementales sont en accord avec ce qui est juste, ils s'accordent avec les tendances des esprits des gens qui les suivent."
Anthony : Obtenir cet hexagramme se réfère souvent à la présence d'éléments inférieurs qui entravent notre bonne influence ... Parce que cet hexagramme concerne l'auto-correction, nous l'obtenons souvent avec Travailler sur ce qui a été Gâché. [Hex. 18 : Réparation.]
NOTES ET PARAPHRASES
Jugement : Allez au cœur du problème et agissez sur les informations obtenues.
L'Homme Supérieur agit sur sa compréhension en la mettant en œuvre dans le monde.
L'hexagramme deLa Pénétration, composé de deux trigrammes symbolisant le Vent (qui est de l'air en mouvement), suggère l'activité de la pensée (le domaine de l'air) essayant de comprendre ou de "pénétrer" quelque chose. Ainsi, chaque ligne de la figure peut être vue comme un aspect d'un acte d'effort mental.
Par conséquent, l'étudiant doit exercer son propre esprit au maximum. S'il le fait, il connaîtra sa propre nature. Et s'il connaît sa propre nature, examine son propre moi et le rend sincère, il devient un sage. C'est pourquoi la "Grande Norme" dit, "La vertu de la pensée est la pénétration et la profondeur ... La pénétration et la profondeur mènent à la sagesse.” -- Ch'eng I
La première ligne dépeint l'hésitation et l'indécision ; la deuxième montre quelqu'un essayant de "comprendre" une affaire. La ligne trois est une image d'hypothèses futiles ; quatre et cinq montrent deux aspects de la compréhension réussie, et la sixième ligne symbolise une incapacité à comprendre.
L'intellect de l'homme -- le plus grand mais le plus dangereux don qu'il ait reçu de Dieu -- construit un pont à travers le gouffre apparemment insurmontable entre ce qui est personnel et mortel et ce qui est impersonnel et éternel. Par l'intellect de l'homme, il a succombé à la tentation de sortir de l'unité divine avec sa conscience. Mais par la même occasion, son intellect lui donne la possibilité de ramener sa conscience à l'union complète avec la divinité. Par son intellect, l'homme est capable de comprendre la vérité, et quand il a compris, il cherchera et continuera à chercher et à essayer jusqu'à ce qu'il réussisse un jour à trouver le seul chemin vers la réalisation de son moi. Elisabeth Haich -- Initiation
L'hexagramme peut également symboliser la soumission humble et le service dévoué, suggérant ainsi le rôle de l'ego dans le Travail. Comprendre véritablement la nature du Travail, c'est le servir avec dévouement. Il y a des associations intéressantes entre l'acte de pénétration et celui de soumission – lorsque le dynamique et le magnétique sont en pleine harmonie, ils perdent leurs identités individuelles et deviennent une force qui est à la fois et ni l'un ni l'autre.