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Le début d'un nouveau cycle. La coopération et la persévérance mènent au succès.
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La complaisance peut mener à la stagnation. La conscience et la réflexion peuvent prévenir le blâme.
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Une approche complète et sincère mène au succès sans reproche.
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Une approche généreuse et ouverte conduit à la bonne fortune et est sans reproche.
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La transformation et la nutrition conduisent à un changement intérieur et extérieur. Accueillez le renouveau en vous débarrassant de l'ancien et en raffinant le nouveau.
Other titles: The Symbol of Advance and Arrival, Nearing, Overseeing, Condescension, Getting Ahead, Promotion, Conduct, Drawing Near, Becoming Great, The Forest, Advance, Advancing, "Two people advancing together; or a good influence which hasn't been seen or felt for some time, is approaching." -- D.F. Hook
Judgment
Legge: Approach means successful progress through firm correctness. In the eighth month there will be evil.
Wilhelm/Baynes : Approach has supreme success. Perseverance furthers. When the eighth month comes, there will be misfortune.
Blofeld:Approach.Sublime success! Righteous persistence brings reward. However, when the eighth month is reached, misfortune will befall. [The eighth moon of the lunar calendar corresponds approximately to September.]
Liu: Approach. Great Success. It is of benefit to continue. When the eighth month arrives, then there will be misfortune.
Ritsema/Karcher: Nearing, Spring Growing Harvesting Trial. Culminating tending-towards the eighth moon: possessing a pitfall. [This hexagram describes your situation in terms of approaching and being approached. It emphasizes that acting without immediately expecting to attain what you desire is the adequate way to handle it...]
Shaughnessy: The Forest: Prime receipt; beneficial to determine; arriving at the eighth month there is inauspiciousness.
Cleary (1):Overseeing is creative and developmental, beneficial if correct. In the eighth month there is misfortune.
Cleary (2):Overseeing is very successful, beneficial if correct. If you go on until the eighth month, there will be misfortune. [If you ride on the momentum of the time and do not know to turn back, at a certain point deterioration will inevitably set in, after flourishing has reached its climax, and there will surely be misfortune.]
Wu:Condescension is great, pervasive, and persevering, etc. [Condescension as used in several judgments has two meanings: to condescend (or to look down from a higher position) and to press forward with authority.]
Hua-Ching Ni: Advance. It is beneficial to go forward with a positive attitude, but be mindful of the cyclical nature of things.
The Image
Legge: The earth over a marsh -- the image of Approach. The superior man is inexhaustible in his instruction and unflagging in his nourishing support of the people.
Wilhelm/Baynes: The earth above the lake: the image of Approach. Thus the superior man is inexhaustible in his will to teach, and without limits in his tolerance and protection of the people.
Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes land rising above a marsh. The Superior Man's teaching and his affection for his juniors are inexhaustible. Nothing hinders him in his care for the people. [The lower component trigram suggests the nourishment which the Superior Man gives joyfully to others. The upper trigram symbolizes the great bulk of those who benefit.]
Liu: The earth above the lake symbolizes Approach. The superior man's will for instruction has no limit. He is boundless in his support and protection of the people.
Ritsema/Karcher: Above marsh possessing earth. Nearing. A chun tzu uses teaching to ponder without exhausting. [A chun tzu uses] tolerating to protect the commoners without delimiting.
Cleary (1): Above the lake there is earth, overseeing. Superior people use
inexhaustibility of education and thought to embrace and protect the people without bound.
Wu: There is ground above the marsh; this is Condescension. Thus the jun zi realizes that there is no limit to the ideas of education and there is no boundary in the protection of people.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: In Approach we see the dynamic lines gradually increasing and advancing. The lower trigram is the symbol of Being Pleased, and the upper of Being Compliant. The strong line is in the central position, and is properly responded to. It is the way of heaven to bring progress and success through firm correctness, however the advancing power will decay after no long time.
Legge: Approach suggests the approach of authority -- to inspect, to comfort or to rule. The figure shows two dynamic lines advancing on the four magnetic lines above them. Their action will be powerful and successful, but it must be governed by rectitude and a caution that understands the nature of continuous change.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Judgment: Two steps forward are followed by one step backward.
The Superior Man remains true to the Work regardless of fluctuations within the psyche.
The meaning of Approach is derived from the two dynamic lines advancing from below to encounter the magnetic lines above. These two are firm allies, and the action of the superior man in the Image suggests that their ascent is one of benevolent regard for the welfare of their subordinates -- only the third line need change for the hexagram to become number eleven, Harmony. We are reminded of the proper relationship between the ego and the Self -- when they advance together, the magnetic forces in the rest of the psyche are eventually transformed.
This hexagram recognizes the inevitably slow progress of the Work (" Rome wasn't built in a day"), and that advances are always followed by retreats. The point is that if one maintains the will to advance, one can be confident that the Work is advancing, regardless of appearances.
(Confucius) tried his best, but the issue he left to Ming. Ming is often translated as Fate, Destiny or Decree. To Confucius, it meant the Decree of Heaven or Will of Heaven ... Thus to know Ming means to acknowledge the inevitability of the world as it exists, and so to disregard one's external success or failure. If we can act in this way, we can, in a sense, never fail. For if we do our duty that duty through our very act is morally done, regardless of the external success or failure of our action. Fung Yu-Lan -- A Short History of Chinese Philosophy
Without changing lines, the hexagram suggests a progressive advance in the matter at hand. Nature being what it is however, no advance can be sustained indefinitely and an eventual regression can be expected. (This observation is such a truism that we must assume it is more than usually applicable to the current situation.)
Line 1
Legge: The first line, dynamic, shows its subject advancing in company with the subject of the second line. Through his firm correctness there will be good fortune.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Joint approach. Perseverance brings good fortune.
Blofeld: All approach -- righteous persistence will bring good fortune! [All approach can be taken to mean that all things desirable are converging upon us.]
Liu: Approach with sincerity. To continue brings good fortune.
Shaughnessy: Prohibited forest; determination is auspicious.
Cleary (1): Sensitive overseeing leads to good results when correct.
Wu: Pressing forward with a companion will be auspicious.
Hua-Ching Ni: Advance impartially. One should start in this manner and continue in this direction. Good Fortune.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: His will is set on doing what is right. Wilhelm/Baynes: His will is to act correctly. Blofeld: This is because what is willed is carried out in righteous ways. Ritsema/Karcher: Purpose moving, correcting indeed. Cleary (2): Because the intention and the action are correct. Wu: Because his aspiration is correct.
Legge: Line one is dynamic in his proper place. The danger is that he may be more strong than prudent -- hence the caution requiring firm correctness.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: At the outset, the man advances with his associates to a higher position. He must remain more prudent than strong in doing right and not be carried away by the popular will.
Wing: Begin your endeavors in the company of those who share your enthusiasm. This will give you the kind of strong support necessary to achieve your aims. At the same time you should be certain that you are pursuing worthwhile goals. Continuing in your principles brings good fortune.
Editor: The texts of the first two lines are almost identical. As the only two yang forces in the hexagram they support and reinforce each other in their advance on the yin lines. The image suggests an ego-Self accord in the work of pacifying disparate forces within the psyche. If this is the only changing line, the new hexagram becomes number seven, Discipline, which reinforces the idea of a disciplined dynamic advance. In the context of certain questions, the Confucian commentary here sometimes seems more accessible than the original line.
If you want to go your original way, it is the way you make for yourself, which is never prescribed, which you do not know in advance, and which simply comes into being of itself when you put one foot in front of the other. If you always do the next thing that needs to be done, you will go most safely and sure-footedly along the path prescribed by your unconscious. Jung -- Letters
A. Mutual advancement. Ego and Self are in accord. Advance the Work.
Line 3
Legge: The third line, magnetic, shows one well pleased indeed to advance, but whose action will be in no way advantageous. If she becomes anxious about it however, there will be no error.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Comfortable approach. Nothing that would further. If one is induced to grieve over it, one becomes free of blame.
Blofeld: A willing approach, but there is nowhere towards which it would be advantageous to set out. Feeling regret on that account involves no error.
Liu: Cheerful approach does not benefit further. If one fears regret, no blame.
Ritsema/Karcher: Sweetness Nearing. Without direction: Harvesting. Already grieving-over it: Without fault.
Shaughnessy: Sweet forest; there is no place beneficial; having been saddened by it, there is no trouble.
Cleary (1): Presumptuous overseeing is of no benefit. If one is troubled over this, there is no blame.
Cleary (2): … but if you trouble over it, there will be no blame.
Wu: Condescending for flaunting purposes has nothing to gain. If he is concerned of his behavior, he will make no error.
Hua-Ching Ni: Easy advancement. If one abuses one’s position, there will be trouble in the long run. If this tendency is corrected immediately, there will be no blame.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: She shows herself well pleased to advance, but her position is not that appropriate to her. If she become anxious about it her error will not be continued. Wilhelm/Baynes: The place is not the appropriate one. A fault that induces grief no longer exists. Blofeld: The foregoing is indicated by the unsuitable position of this line. However, if we grieve for it, we shall not be involved in error for long. [At present, there is no goal or destination towards which it would be profitable to move; however, if we sincerely regret this, it will not be long before we emerge from the rut.] Ritsema/Karcher: Situation not appropriate indeed. Fault not long-living indeed. Cleary (2): Once you trouble over it, blame will not last long. Wu: He is out of place. His error will be temporary.
Legge: Line three is magnetic, neither central nor in her correct position, and therefore her action will not be advantageous. Being at the top of the lower trigram of Pleased Satisfaction, she is well pleased to advance. Anxious reflection will save her from error.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man gains power, influence, and comfort. There is danger of relation and carelessness in dealing with others. But if he becomes apprehensive about his actions, he will not continue in his error and will avoid troubles.
Wing: An easy Promotion is possible now. This might lead to a careless attitude on your part. There is danger in such overconfidence. If you are quick to recognize the need for continuous caution, however, you can avoid mistakes that would otherwise harm you.
Editor: The image depicts a case in which one’s powers are not equal to the challenge. Ritsema/Karcher translate Without direction: Harvesting as: “No plan or direction is advantageous; in order to take advantage of the situation, do not impose a direction on events.” That is, success demands that you refrain from action or drop the subject of inquiry. Their rendition of: Grieving-over it means: “Sorrow, melancholy; mourn; anxious, careworn; hidden sorrow…heart-sick and anxious.” One can receive this line under conditions of deep grief, wherein (as in any line of the I Ching), extremely subtle insights often transcend an exact paraphrase.
Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. Psalms 127: 1
A. Whether simplistic, overconfident, or just naive, your assumptions in the matter at hand are incorrect. Do not act on them.
B. Desire for something to be true doesn't make it true. Correct your viewpoint. If sorrow is involved, accept it as your teacher.
C. Unwarranted overconfidence. Nothing can be done now.
D. There are no free rides -- wake up and serve the Work.
Line 4
Legge: The fourth line, magnetic, shows one advancing in the highest mode.
There will be no error.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Complete approach. No blame.
Blofeld: A perfect approach -- no error!
Liu: Complete approach brings no blame.
Ritsema/Karcher: Culmination Nearing. Without fault.
Shaughnessy: Arriving at the forest; there is no trouble.
Cleary (1): Consummate overseeing is blameless. [Being weak yet preserving rectitude, refining oneself and mastering the mind, thereby awaiting the newborn positive energy, is called consummate overseeing. Watching over the quintessential, when the great medicine appears one naturally does not make the mistake of missing it.]
Cleary (2): Consummate overseeing is impeccable. [In Buddhist terms, this represents using correct concentration corresponding to correct insight.]
Wu: Condescending at the right place is without blame.
Hua-Ching Ni: Correct advancement. No fault.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: This is due to the various appropriateness of the position. Wilhelm/Baynes: For the place is the appropriate one. Blofeld: This is indicated by the suitable position of this line. Ritsema/Karcher: Situation appropriate indeed. Cleary (2): In the right place. Wu: His position is proper.
Legge: Line four, though magnetic, is in her proper place and has for her correlate the dynamic first line. Hence her advance is in the highest style.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man advances to a high place because of the appropriateness of his ideas and behavior and the open-mindedness of a person of high rank who draws men of competence into service.
Wing: Your Promotion is well executed. Regardless of any difficulties you may encounter in assuming your new position, your behavior is so appropriate that you can continue successfully on your way.
Editor: The image suggests that the conscious attitude is in accordance with the aims and goals of the Work. Depending on the context of your query, some kind of fruition is indicated: something is concluding as fated or willed.
But, O my friend, if this be true, there is great reason to hope that, going whither I go, when I have come to the end of my journey, I shall attain that which has been the pursuit of my life. And therefore I go on my way rejoicing, and not I only, but every other man who believes that his mind has been made ready and that he is in a manner purified. Plato -- Phaedo
A. The Work is progressing as it should. It's all coming together now.
Line 6
Legge: The sixth line, magnetic, shows the advance of honesty and generosity. There will be good fortune, and no error.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Greathearted approach. Good fortune. No blame.
Blofeld: A magnanimous approach -- good fortune, no error.
Liu: Benevolent approach brings good fortune. No blame.
Ritsema/Karcher: Magnanimity Nearing. Significant. Without fault.
Shaughnessy: Thick forest; auspicious; there is no trouble.
Cleary (2): Attentive overseeing is good and blameless.
Wu: Condescending with honesty is auspicious, etc.
Hua-Ching Ni: Sincere advancing. Good Fortune. No blame.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: This is because her will is focused on the first two lines of the lower trigram. Wilhelm/Baynes: The will is directed inward. Blofeld: This good fortune arises from concealing our will within our hearts. [This would seem to mean that, for the present, we should gladly accord with others and carefully conceal our aims.] Ritsema/Karcher: Purpose located inside indeed. Cleary (2): The good of attentive overseeing is in the will being within. Wu: Because his aspiration is directed inward.
Legge: Line six is at the top of the upper trigram of Docility. Although the first and second lines of the hexagram are not her proper correlates, it is proper for the yin to seek for the yang, and it is emphatically so in this case.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The sage returns from retirement to teach and help others, who greatly benefit from his experience.
Wing: The person in this position will allow others to benefit from the wealth of his experience. Such generosity will bring unaccountable progress to all concerned. This is a true moment of greatness.
Editor: An "advance of honesty" suggests truth: to be "honest" about something is to acknowledge its truth. "Generosity" implies the unselfish acceptance of this truth: perhaps a tolerant concession to a less-than-perfect status quo. Wilhelm renders the Confucian commentary in the imagery of the will being directed inward; Blofeld interprets it as magnanimity coupled with a hidden agenda which is not inconsistent with good will. Ritsema/ Karcher's "Purpose located inside indeed," reinforces this idea. Tolerance or leniency is definitely implied: Wilhelm describes a sage, retired from the world, generously lending his wisdom to the people. Psychologically, the image can suggest that advance in the situation at hand consists of turning inward for support: the developing ego concentrates on connecting with the perfect will of the Self.
Since the mind which persuades and that which is persuaded are one in their basic unity, true persuasion consists in revealing the truth of the oneness of existence. Prince Shotoku
A. A charitable forbearance with an imperfect world makes room for the Work to grow.
B. Ego/Self alignment facilitates profitable interaction with others.
Autres titres : Le Chaudron, Le Récipient, Réjuvénation, Ordre Cosmique, Le Récipient Alchimique, "Une transformation complète d'une personne ou d'une circonstance." -- D.F. Hook
Jugement
Legge : Le Récipient Sacrificiel signifie un grand progrès et succès.
Blofeld : Un Récipient Sacrificiel -- succès suprême !
Liu :Le Chaudron. Grande bonne fortune. Succès.
Ritsema/Karcher :Le Récipient, Printemps significatif. Croissance. [Cet hexagramme décrit votre situation en termes de la capacité imaginative d'un récipient sacré. Il souligne que sécuriser et transformer de manière imaginative le matériel à disposition est la manière adéquate de le gérer. Pour être en accord avec le temps, on vous dit de : tenir et transformer les choses dans le récipient !]
Shaughnessy :Le Chaudron : Prime auspiciousness; réception.
Cleary (1) :Le chaudron est fondamentalement bon ; il est en développement.
Cleary (2) :Le Chaudron est très favorablement en développement.
Wu :Le Chaudron indique une grande auspiciousness et une pervasiveness.
L'Image
Legge : Du bois sous un feu -- l'image d'un Récipient Sacrificiel. L'homme supérieur maintient sa rectitude dans chaque situation pour sécuriser la nomination du ciel.
Wilhelm/Baynes : Feu sur bois : l'image du Chaudron. Ainsi l'homme supérieur consolide son destin en rendant sa position correcte.
Blofeld : Cet hexagramme symbolise le feu sur le bois. L'Homme Supérieur, prenant sa position comme l'exige la droiture, adhère fermement aux décrets du ciel.
Liu : Le feu au-dessus du bois symbolise le Chaudron. L'homme supérieur rend son destin ferme avec une position correcte.
Ritsema/Karcher : Au-dessus du bois possédant le feu. Le Récipient. Un chun tzu utilise la correction de la situation pour solidifier le destin.
Cleary (1) : Il y a du feu sur le bois ; un chaudron. Ainsi les personnes supérieures stabilisent la vie dans la position correcte.
Cleary (2) : Feu sur bois -- Le Chaudron. Les leaders stabilisent leur mandat en corrigeant leur position.
Wu : Il y a du feu sur le bois ; c'est Le Chaudron. Ainsi le jun zi rectifie sa position et consacre le mandat.
COMMENTAIRE
Confucius/Legge : L'image du Récipient Sacrificiel nous montre du bois entrant dans un feu, ce qui suggère l'idée de cuisiner. Les sages cuisinaient leurs sacrifices à Dieu et nourrissaient leurs ministres capables avec des festins. Nous avons les trigrammes de l'Obéissance Flexible et de l'Intelligence Rapide, avec la ligne magnétique avancée à la place du dirigeant et répondue par son corrélat dynamique en dessous. Toutes ces choses donnent l'auspice d'un progrès réussi.
Legge : Le caractère chinois écrit pour Récipient Sacrificiel représente un chaudron à trois pieds et deux "oreilles" utilisé pour cuisiner et préparer la nourriture pour la table et l'autel. L'hexagramme représente ce récipient -- la première ligne divisée représente les pieds, les trois lignes non divisées au-dessus représentent le corps, la cinquième ligne divisée montre les oreilles (ou anneaux de transport), et la ligne supérieure est la poignée par laquelle le récipient est transporté ou suspendu à un crochet.
La leçon de l'hexagramme est que le nourrissement des hommes de talent et de vertu indique un grand progrès et succès. Les éditeurs de K'ang-hsi soulignent que la distinction entre l'hexagramme numéro quarante-huit, Le Puits, et celui-ci est la différence entre le nourrissement des gens en général et le nourrissement spécifique des hommes dignes. Ils ajoutent que la réalité du sacrifice est nourrissante à cet égard.
NOTES ET PARAPHRASES
Jugement : Vous êtes le Récipient Sacrificiel.
L'Homme Supérieur adhère aux principes du Travail pour atteindre la transcendance.
Le nom habituel de cet hexagramme est Le Chaudron -- spécifiquement, un type de récipient contenant de la nourriture qui était utilisé dans la Chine ancienne pour les sacrifices religieux. Je préfère le titre de Blofeld de Récipient Sacrificiel comme plus évocateur des idées présentées dans la figure.
Lorsque le quarante-neuvième hexagramme de Transformation est retourné, il devient le cinquantième hexagramme du Récipient Sacrificiel, nous donnant ainsi des aperçus précieux des nuances de signification dans chacune des figures. Les idées combinées de transformation et d'un chaudron utilisé pour les sacrifices nous rappellent le récipient alchimique ou le réacteur qui "cuisait" son contenu et le transformait en un état supérieur de matière -- transformait le plomb en or dans la conception populaire. Bien sûr, le véritable but ésotérique de l'alchimiste était psychologique, non physique.
Le récipient des alchimistes, comme le cercle de la psyché et le mandala, doit être fermé si le processus de transformation doit se dérouler de manière satisfaisante. Pour les alchimistes, le processus se déroulait dans les substances matérielles collectées dans le réacteur. Pour nous, c'est un symbole représentant un processus similaire se déroulant à l'intérieur de la psyché. Ainsi, il est dit qu'un mur doit être solidement construit autour de la psyché avant que la réconciliation des opposés puisse avoir lieu en elle, et avant que le nouveau centre de l'individu puisse être créé. ... Car si quelque chose est perdu, le processus est annulé et le produit final sera incomplet, imparfait. Tant que, par exemple, l'individu continue de projeter ses déficiences, ou ses valeurs, sur les circonstances ou sur un autre, il n'a pas un récipient imperméable ... Ainsi, les contenus essentiellement impliqués dans la transformation sont vus comme étant les facteurs irrationnels, instinctuels, pas encore humains de la psyché, le non-moi. Les facteurs humains et civilisés, ceux soumis à la volonté, constituent le mur du récipient. M.E. Harding -- Énergie Psychique
Maintenant, un ancien chaudron chinois utilisé pour contenir de la nourriture destinée aux sacrifices religieux n'est pas la même chose qu'un réacteur alchimique hermétiquement scellé fait pour résister à des pressions extrêmes, mais symboliquement, ce sont des images identiques. L'ego sacrifie son autonomie pour le bien du Travail de la même manière que l'alchimiste consacre toute sa vie à la transformation du métal de base en or -- c'est-à-dire, pour transformer sa psyché en suivant la discipline extrême du Travail. Le Taoist I-Ching de Thomas Cleary nous dit explicitement que c'est le sens voulu ici :
Le travail de raffinement est le moyen de sublimer l'énergie terrestre et de stabiliser l'énergie céleste, faisant mûrir le brut et renouveler l'ancien, par lequel il est possible d'illuminer l'esprit et de solidifier la vie. Par conséquent, le chaudron est fondamentalement bon et il a un chemin de développement. La base est le potentiel de vie éternelle de la bonté ; la cuisson du grand médicament dans le chaudron est l'allumage de ce potentiel vivant pour le rendre incorruptible et permanent. Mais dans ce chemin, il y a un processus et une procédure ; même la moindre déviation et l'élixir d'or ne se formera pas. Par conséquent, les gens doivent d'abord enquêter à fond sur le véritable principe. Liu I-ming
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Dans son commentaire, Legge mentionne que les Chinois voient une analogie entre cette figure et l'hexagramme numéro quarante-huit, Le Puits. Comparez les deux figures, en notant les similitudes entre les première, troisième, cinquième et sixième lignes. Les trigrammes composants du Récipient Sacrificiel apparaissent en séquence inverse dans l'hexagramme numéro trente-sept, Famille. Quelles autres similitudes y a-t-il dans les deux figures ? Comment l'idée d'une famille est-elle analogue à l'idée d'un récipient sacrificiel ?