Réparation18
Aborder les problèmes ; réparer ce qui a été négligé. Assumer la responsabilité de restaurer et d'améliorer.
↓ Line 1
Corriger les erreurs du passé peut être difficile, mais la persévérance mène au succès.
↓ Line 2
Aborder les problèmes nécessite une approche douce ; une force excessive peut être contre-productive.
↓ Line 6
Viser des idéaux plus élevés plutôt que de chercher l'approbation des figures d'autorité.
↓ Perception trouble36
Restez résilient face à l'adversité. Dans des circonstances difficiles, maintenez une clarté intérieure et une intégrité tout en dissimulant votre lumière à ceux qui pourraient ne pas la comprendre ou l'apprécier. La patience et la persévérance sont essentielles.
Lectures originales
18 Réparation
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 1
Legge: The first line, magnetic, shows a son dealing with the troubles caused by his father. If he is an able son, the father will escape the blame of having erred. The position is perilous, but there will be good fortune in the end.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Setting right what has been spoiled by the father. If there is a son, no blame rests upon the departed father. Danger. In the end good fortune.
Blofeld: Children exist to rectify the mistakes wrought by their fathers; hence the departed are made free from blame -- trouble ending in good fortune!
Liu: If the mistakes of the father are corrected by the son, no blame. There is danger, but in the end, good fortune.
Ritsema/Karcher: Managing the father's Corrupting. Possessing son-hood. Predecessors without fault. Adversity, completing significant.
Shaughnessy: The stem father's branch; there is a son crafty; there is no trouble; danger; in the end auspicious.
Cleary (1): Correcting the father’s degeneracy; if there is a son, the deceased father is without blame. Danger, but in the end it turns out well.
Cleary (2): Dealing with the degeneration of the father, if there is a child, the late father has no blame. It is dangerous but turns out well.
Wu: He attends to the affairs of his father. He is a capable son. His father will be free from blame. It is a difficult task, but it will be good in the end.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: He has entered into the work of his father. Wilhelm/ Baynes: He receives in his thoughts the deceased father. Blofeld: This implies assuming responsibility for their mistakes. Ritsema/Karcher: Intention receiving the predecessors indeed. Cleary (2): Consciously taking up after the late father. Wu: He intends to continue his father’s business.
Legge: Line one is magnetic, with a magnetic correlate in line four -- what can be done here to remedy the state of decay? But the line is the first of the hexagram, and the decay is not yet great. By heeding the cautions of the text, he can succeed. He has entered into the work of his father, and brings it about that his father is looked on as blameless.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: At the outset, wrongs have arisen which are not yet deeply rooted and can be remedied. But reforms are associated with dangers, which should be understood.
Wing: In order to avoid decay, it is necessary to change a traditional and rigid structure that is affecting your life. You may feel that this is too radical an undertaking. It is true that this kind of change is fraught with danger, but if you are cautious while making the reform you will meet with success and renewed growth.
Editor: This line doesn't lend itself to use of the usual gender symbolism. Wilhelm translates the Confucian commentary in terms of receiving the departed father in one's thoughts; Blofeld renders it as taking responsibility for the father's errors. Ritsema/Karcher render "adversity” as: “Danger, threatening, malevolent demon ... It indicates a spirit or ghost that seeks revenge by inflicting suffering upon the living. Pacifying or exorcizing such a spirit can have a healing effect.” This can refer to any unresolved stresses creating instability in the situation. Psychologically, the idea is that new insights modify old errors. If they are formulated carefully, further error is avoided and one has created a useful new foundation. Sometimes the line can refer to having misinterpreted a previous oracle.
Lord Naoshige said, "An ancestor's good or evil can be determined by the conduct of his descendants." A descendant should act in a way that will manifest the good in his ancestor and not the bad. This is filial piety. Yamamoto Tsunetomo --The Book of the Samurai
A. Rectify a past mistake.
Line 2
Legge: The second line, dynamic, shows a son dealing with the troubles caused by his mother. He should not carry his firm correctness to the utmost.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Setting right what has been spoiled by the mother. One must not be too persevering.
Blofeld: Assuming responsibility for the mistakes of our mothers cannot be too serious.
Liu: In correcting the mistakes of the mother, one must not be too persistent.
Ritsema/Karcher: Managing the mother's Corrupting. Not permitting Trial.
Shaughnessy: The stem mother's branch; one may not determine.
Cleary (1): Correcting the degeneracy of the mother, it is improper to be righteous.
Wu: He attends to the affairs of his mother. He should not be insistent.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: In dealing with the troubles caused by his mother he holds to the course of the due mean. Wilhelm/Baynes: He finds the middle way. Blofeld: At best a middle course is advisable. Ritsema/Karcher: Acquiring centering tao indeed. Cleary (2): attaining balance. Wu: He proceeds with moderation.
Legge: The fifth line ruler is magnetic, while line two is dynamic. Thus the symbolism takes the form of a son dealing with the prevailing decay induced by his mother. But a son must be very gentle in all his dealings with his mother, and especially so when constrained by a sense of duty to oppose her course.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man is gentle in dealing with his mother, even when duty bound to oppose her. When restoring what has been spoiled by weakness, gradualness is required.
Wing: You have become aware of past mistakes that must be rectified. Here you must proceed with great sensitivity, since the changes in your life could hurt those dear to you.
Editor: In psychological symbolism, a female represents emotional or feeling components within the psyche. A "mother" then, would be the source of an emotional attitude which, in the context of this hexagram, needs to be modified or changed. In correcting outmoded or inappropriate feelings one must proceed with care because emotional/instinctual forces cannot be altered as quickly as we can change our minds. (It is a commonplace in psychology that mental insights mean nothing if the emotions involved refuse to conform.) Often the line can refer to the proper way of responding to another's sensitive mood or attitude.
As in childhood development, which recapitulates human historical development in consciousness, the psychic detachment from the mother towards the father is intimately bound up with the growth of individuality. Consciousness strives to become separate from the maternal involvement, and aspires toward the outside world represented by the father. Gareth Knight -- A History of White Magic
A. Rectify an emotional response. Control your feelings, but don't crush them.
B. Be sensitive in the way you handle an emotional situation.
Line 6
Legge: The sixth line, dynamic, shows us one who does not serve either king or feudal lord, but in a lofty spirit prefers to attend to his own affairs.
Wilhelm/Baynes: He does not serve kings and princes, sets himself higher goals.
Blofeld: He does not serve the King or the nobles -- what he does is even loftier than that. [In other words, if we directly serve the will of heaven; by doing so we act as sages who may safely do whatever they feel is worth doing.]
Liu: By not serving kings and princes, one gains higher recognition.
Ritsema/Karcher: Not affairs, kingly feudatories. Honoring highness: one's affair.
Shaughnessy: Not serving king or lord, but highly elevating his virtue; inauspicious.
Cleary (1): Not serving kings and lords, one makes one’s concerns loftier.
Wu: He does not engage himself in the affairs of kings or princes. He keeps a lofty lifestyle of his own.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: But his aim may be a model to others. Wilhelm/Baynes: Such an attitude may be taken as a model. Blofeld: This indicates that our own will can be our law. [provided we are acting from the highest motives.] Ritsema/Karcher: Purpose permitted by-consequence indeed.
Cleary (2): One’s will can serve as a model. Wu: His aspiration will be admired.
Legge: Line six is dynamic, with no proper correlate below. Hence it suggests the idea of one outside the sphere of action who takes no part in public affairs, but cultivates himself instead.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man does not serve his lord, but lets the world go by and cultivates his own character in solitude. In so doing, however, he creates something valuable for the future of mankind.
Wing: It is possible for you to transcend the entire situation. You do not have to deal with the mundane details of specific social problems. Instead, you may concern yourself with universal goals and personal or spiritual development. Caution: Viewing the world with a cynical or condescending eye, however, will distort your growth, so watch your attitudes carefully.
Editor: One of the most important precepts of the Work is a clear recognition that you can only measure your position and progress against an inner standard. The expectations and apparent achievements of others count for absolutely nothing. You aren't running a race with the world, but striving to beat your own record. One who has taken responsibility for the Work must be prepared to go where its dictates demand, despite what is considered "normal" or "proper" according to contemporary standards. Ritsema/ Karcher's translation of the Confucian commentary ("Purpose permitted by-consequence indeed"), means that one's determination to go it alone is mandated by a deep inner principle. That such an idea occurs in the hexagram of Repair suggests bolstering one's resolve to accept this lonely burden. Blofeld's version of the Confucian commentary ("This indicates that our own will can be our law") is too easily perverted, even with his cautionary note.
Indeed the Gnostics knew something, and it was this: that human life does not fulfill its promise within the structure and establishments of society, for all of these are at best but shadowy projections of another and more fundamental reality. No one comes to his true selfhood by being what society wants him to be nor by doing what it wants him to do. Family, society, church, trade and profession, political and patriotic allegiances, as well as moral and ethical rules and commandments are, in reality, not in the least conducive to the true spiritual welfare of the human soul. On the contrary, they are more often than not the very shackles which keep us from our true spiritual destiny. S. A. Hoeller -- The Gnostic Jung
A. Your duty is to serve a transcendent ideal.
B. "Mind your own business."
36 Perception trouble
Autres titres : Assombrissement de la Lumière, Le Symbole de l'Apparition de l'Intelligence Claire Blessée, Blessure, Blessure de la Brillance, Brillance Cachée, Faisan Appelant, La Lumière Assombrie, Dissimulation de l'Illumination, Blessure de l'Illumination, Lumière Obnubilée, Intelligence Non Appréciée, Censure, Cacher Sa Lumière, La Nuit Noire de l'Âme, Ignorance "Pas nécessairement aussi mauvais que cela en a l'air, peut simplement signifier être restreint ou se restreindre." -- D.F. Hook
Jugement
Legge : Dans les conditions de Perception Obscurcie soyez conscient de la difficulté de votre position et maintenez une fermeté correcte.
Wilhelm/Baynes : Assombrissement de la Lumière. Dans l'adversité, il est bénéfique de persévérer.
Blofeld :Assombrissement de la Lumière. La persistance juste face à la difficulté apporte une récompense.
Liu :Assombrissement de la Lumière. Il est bénéfique de continuer à travers les temps difficiles.
Ritsema/Karcher : Brillance Cachée, Récolter : labeur, Épreuve. [Cet hexagramme décrit votre situation en termes d'intelligence cachée ou blessée. Il souligne que dissimuler délibérément votre lumière en entrant dans ce qui est en dessous de vous est la manière adéquate de la gérer. Pour être en accord avec le temps, on vous dit de : cacher votre brillance !]
Shaughnessy : Faisan appelant : Bénéfique de déterminer à propos de la difficulté.
Cleary (1) : Dans la dissimulation de l'illumination, il est bénéfique d'être droit dans la difficulté.
Cleary (2) : Quand l'illumination est endommagée, il est bénéfique d'être droit dans la difficulté.
Wu :Lumière Obnubilée indique qu'il est avantageux de persévérer en temps de danger.
L'Image
Legge : Le soleil entre dans la terre -- l'image de Perception Obscurcie. L'homme supérieur gère ses subordonnés et montre son intelligence en la gardant cachée.
Wilhelm/Baynes : La lumière a sombré dans la terre : l'image de l'Assombrissement de la Lumière. Ainsi l'homme supérieur vit avec la grande masse : Il voile sa lumière, mais brille toujours.
Blofeld : Cet hexagramme symbolise la lumière cachée dans la terre. En gouvernant le peuple, l'Homme Supérieur, bien qu'il prenne soin de cacher sa lumière, brille néanmoins.
Liu : Le soleil s'enfonçant sous la terre symbolise l'Assombrissement de la Lumière. En approchant le peuple, l'homme supérieur voile sa brillance, mais a toujours de la gloire.
Ritsema/Karcher : Brillance entrant au centre de la terre. Brillance Cachée. Un chun tzu utilise la supervision des foules pour profiter de l'assombrissement et aussi de l'Éclat.
Cleary (1) : La lumière entre dans la terre, l'illumination est dissimulée.Ainsi les personnes supérieures traitent avec les masses, agissant discrètement tout en étant en fait illuminées. [Quand les pratiquants du Tao sont parmi les masses, s'ils utilisent trop leur illumination, ils effraieront les ignorants et étonneront les mondains, provoquant facilement des abus et des calomnies.]
Cleary (2) : L'illumination va sous terre, dans la dissimulation de l'illumination. En traitant avec les masses, les vrais leaders agissent discrètement tout en étant en fait illuminés. [Ce que les sages apprennent, c'est à devenir chaque jour plus illuminés à l'insu des autres.]
Wu : La lumière entre dans la terre ; c'est Lumière Obnubilée. Ainsi le jun zi utilise l'esprit de l'obscurité à la place de la brillance pour administrer les affaires du peuple. [En "atténuant" sa force intérieure, il ferait sentir aux gens qu'il est l'un d'eux.]
COMMENTAIRE
Confucius/Legge : L'image de la Brillance entrant au milieu de la terre suggère une clarté qui a été blessée ou obscurcie. Le trigramme inférieur montre la Clarté, le supérieur la Docilité. Le roi Wen possédait ces deux qualités, pourtant il était impliqué dans de grandes difficultés. L'individu concerné devrait obscurcir sa brillance. Ainsi le Comte Chi a pu maintenir correctement son esprit et son intention au milieu des difficultés de sa situation.
Legge : Cet hexagramme montre un officier capable se mettant au service de son pays, malgré l'occupation du trône par un souverain faible et antipathique. D'où le nom Perception Obscurcie ou Intelligence Blessée -- c'est-à-dire, blessée et opprimée. La leçon de la figure est de montrer comment un tel officier se conduira et maintiendra son objectif.
Le roi Wen n'était pas de la lignée de Shang. Bien qu'opposé et persécuté par son souverain, il a pu poursuivre sa propre voie, jusqu'à ce que sa lignée finisse par supplanter l'autre. Il ne pouvait en être ainsi pour le Comte de Chi, qui était membre de la Maison de Shang. Il ne pouvait rien faire qui aiderait à sa chute.
NOTES ET PARAPHRASES
Jugement : Reconnaissez une situation difficile et utilisez votre volonté pour faire face à ses restrictions.
L'Homme Supérieur gère la situation en réprimant son besoin de spéculer, de se mêler ou d'attirer l'attention sur lui-même. (Alternatif : En présence de l'arrogance, l'homme sage joue le fou.)
Le trente-cinquième hexagramme montre le trigramme de la Clarté progressant sur la terre -- une image de la prise de conscience croissante. Le trente-sixième hexagramme est l'inverse de cela -- il montre le trigramme de la Clarté englouti par la terre. Si l'image de Avancée de la Conscience symbolise midi, lorsque le soleil est au zénith, alors Perception Obscurcie symbolise minuit, lorsque le soleil est à l'Imum Coeli, ou sous le ciel. C'est un moment de ténèbres maximales, d'ignorance maximale ; un moment où les forces obscures de l'inconscient sont à leur plus fort. Nous nous rappelons la Nuit Noire de l'Âme, une phase inévitable et inéluctable du Travail :
Quand, enfin, ils se sont exercés pendant un certain temps dans le chemin de la vertu, persévérant dans la méditation et la prière, où, avec la suavité et le plaisir qu'ils ont trouvés, ils se sont détachés des choses mondaines, et ont acquis une certaine force spirituelle en Dieu, de sorte qu'ils peuvent réfréner les appétits des créatures et dans une certaine mesure souffrir pour Dieu une légère charge et sécheresse, sans reculer au moment crucial ; quand, à leur avis, ils progressent dans ces exercices spirituels à leur entière satisfaction et délice ; et quand le Soleil des faveurs divines semble briller sur eux le plus radieusement, Dieu obscurcit toute cette lumière, et ferme la porte et la source de l'eau spirituelle douce, qu'ils avaient l'habitude de boire en Dieu aussi souvent et aussi longtemps qu'ils le voulaient ... et ainsi, il les laisse dans une obscurité si profonde qu'ils ne savent pas où diriger le sens de l'imagination et les spéculations de l'esprit. St. Jean de la Croix
La Nuit Noire de l'Âme est l'expérience universelle de tous ceux qui suivent le chemin au-delà des sentiers battus du dilettante spirituel. C'est un filtre archétypal pour déterminer la survie du plus apte dans l'évolution psychique. Pour ceux qui sont entrés dans cette phase du Travail, il est bon de se rappeler que personne ne reçoit un test qu'il ne peut réussir s'il le veut sincèrement.
La situation dans la ligne cinq de cet hexagramme signifie peu pour celui qui n'est pas familier avec l'histoire chinoise. Dans son essence, l'histoire du Comte Chi concerne un homme supérieur qui a été emprisonné par un empereur maléfique. La seule façon pour lui de survivre à cette période sombre était de feindre la folie. Ainsi, le message dans l'Image nous conseille de montrer notre intelligence en la dissimulant. Il existe une large gamme d'applications pour cette règle, et peut-être que Lao Tse nous donne la meilleure paraphrase de l'idée dans son célèbre aphorisme : Celui qui sait ne parle pas ; Celui qui parle ne sait pas.
En termes de Travail, cela peut signifier qu'il faut comprendre fermement qu'il y a certaines choses qui ne peuvent être partagées avec n'importe qui. Le travail intérieur est très fragile jusqu'à ce qu'il ait eu le temps de se cristalliser, et exposer ses vérités à la lumière crue de l'intellect non sophistiqué, c'est risquer de graves dommages au processus d'individuation.
On ne doit pas dire aux gens des choses qu'ils ne peuvent pas saisir. Il y a des mystères qui ne peuvent être partagés avec tout le monde ... Certaines choses ne peuvent être dites à personne et un secret dit à une mauvaise personne est destructeur et même irresponsable. M.L. Von Franz -- Le Féminin dans les Contes de Fées
Cet hexagramme peut symboliser de nombreuses situations, mais parfois c'est une suggestion que vous êtes ignorant ou "dans le noir" à propos de l'état réel des affaires qui prévaut actuellement.