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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 5
Corriger les erreurs passées mérite respect et éloge.
↓ Petite contrainte9
Concentrez-vous sur les petits détails et les actions subtiles. Une persistance douce et de la retenue vous mèneront progressivement au succès.
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 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.
9 Petite contrainte
Autres titres : Le Pouvoir Apprivoisant du Petit, Le Symbole de la Petite Restriction, Le Moindre Nourrisseur, Apprivoiser les Petites Puissances, Petite Accumulation, Petite Récolte, Petite Obstruction, Nourriture par le Petit, Restriction par le Faible, Restreint, Petite Restriction, La Force Faible, La Force du Petit, Les Forces Faibles Retiennent les Forces Fortes "La restriction est petite, le succès suit. Surmonter quelque chose de petit qui empoisonne ou agace. Soulager partiellement une situation. Influencer ce que l'on ne peut pas changer.” -- D.F. Hook
Jugement
Legge :La Restriction Passive entraîne progrès et succès. Nous voyons des nuages denses, mais pas de pluie venant de nos frontières occidentales.
Wilhelm/Baynes : Le Pouvoir Apprivoisant du Petit a du succès. Nuages denses, pas de pluie de notre région occidentale.
Blofeld : Le Moindre Nourrisseur. Succès ! Des nuages denses ne donnant pas de pluie approchent des faubourgs occidentaux. [Dans l'ensemble, cet hexagramme présage du bien pour nous. Le vent soufflant à travers les cieux n'a pas les vertus nourrissantes de la pluie, mais il nous rafraîchit et nous fait nous sentir mieux. Ainsi, si les choses vont raisonnablement bien pour nous, nous pouvons nous attendre à une amélioration, surtout à l'avenir lorsque, vraisemblablement, la pluie nourrissante tombera. Cependant, comme les lignes trois et six l'indiquent, si nous sommes en difficulté sérieuse, nous ne devons pas attendre beaucoup d'aide de la fortune plutôt douce qui souffle vers nous. La conception de quelque chose de faible ou de souple apportant un grand bénéfice a été grandement développée par les taoïstes qui, comme s'ils étaient familiers avec le judo, reconnaissent la force que l'on trouve dans la douceur et la dangereuse faiblesse parfois occasionnée par trop de force. Le nom de cet hexagramme compris quelque peu différemment peut également être pris pour signifier que le moment est propice pour entreprendre une activité supplémentaire ou le soin des jeunes.]
Liu : Apprivoiser les Petites Puissances : succès. Des nuages épais viennent de l'ouest. Pas de pluie. [Cette situation symbolise la préparation qui précède un nouveau développement.]
Ritsema/Karcher :Petite Accumulation, Croissance. Nuages voilants, pas de pluie. Provenant de mes banlieues occidentales. [Cet hexagramme décrit votre situation en termes d'une variété d'événements et d'impulsions apparemment non connectés. Il souligne que retenir et accumuler ces expériences en s'y adaptant est la manière adéquate de la gérer...]
Shaughnessy :Petite Récolte :Réception ; des nuages denses ne pleuvent pas de notre pâturage occidental.
Cleary (1) :Nourriture par le petit est développementale. Des nuages denses ne pleuvent pas, provenant de sa propre province occidentale.
Cleary (2) : À petite obstruction, nourrir le petit réussit… (etc.)
Wu :Restriction du Petit indique la pénétration. Il y a des nuages denses, mais pas de pluie venant de notre campagne occidentale.
L'Image
Legge : L'image du ciel avec le vent se déplaçant au-dessus forme Restriction Passive. Le supérieur, en accord avec cela, orne la manifestation extérieure de sa vertu.
Wilhelm/Baynes : Le vent souffle à travers le ciel : l'image du Pouvoir Apprivoisant du Petit. Ainsi le supérieur affine l'aspect extérieur de sa nature.
Blofeld : Cet hexagramme symbolise le vent soufflant à travers le ciel. Le Supérieur affiche ses accomplissements savants.
Liu : Le vent souffle à travers le ciel, symbolisant Apprivoiser les Petites Puissances. Le supérieur améliore sa capacité et sa vertu.
Ritsema/Karcher : Vent se déplaçant au-dessus du ciel. Petite Accumulation. Un chun tzu utilise la mise en valeur du motif pour actualiser-tao.[Actualiser-tao : ...capacité à suivre le cours tracé par le processus en cours du cosmos... Lié à acquérir, TE : acquérir ce qui fait qu'un être devient ce qu'il est censé être.]
Cleary (1) : Vent soufflant dans le ciel est petite nourriture; ainsi les personnes supérieures embellissent les qualités cultivées.
Cleary (2) : Vent se déplaçant dans le ciel, nourrir le petit. Ainsi les leaders embellissent les qualités cultivées.
Wu : Le vent souffle dans le ciel au-dessus ; c'est Restriction du Petit. Ainsi le jun zi affine sa vertu splendide.
COMMENTAIRE
Confucius/Legge : Dans le neuvième hexagramme, la ligne magnétique prend sa place appropriée, et toutes les lignes au-dessus et en dessous lui obéissent -- d'où le nom Restriction Passive. La figure est composée des trigrammes de Force plus Flexibilité. Les lignes dynamiques occupent les places centrales, et leur volonté est accomplie -- cela signifie progrès et succès. Des nuages denses mais pas de pluie dépeignent les lignes dynamiques avancées, mais leur source à l'ouest montre que leur influence bénéfique n'a pas encore été ressentie.
Legge : Le symbolisme de l'hexagramme Restriction Passive est tiré de la ligne magnétique à la quatrième place qui retient toutes les lignes dynamiques en restriction. Cela est dû au fait que la quatrième place est correctement passive (magnétique), et la réponse des autres lignes est donc une soumission à son autorité.
La deuxième phrase du Jugement indique le temps et le lieu du roi Wen dont la patrie était la partie occidentale de la Chine au XIIe siècle av. J.-C. La pluie venant et humidifiant le sol provoque la croissance luxuriante du monde naturel, et symbolise les bénédictions qui découlent d'un bon gouvernement. Par conséquent, de l'ouest, le territoire héréditaire de l'auteur légendaire du I Ching, viennent les bénédictions qui pourraient enrichir tout le royaume. Ici, cependant, elles sont d'une certaine manière retenues -- les nuages denses ne vident pas encore leurs réserves. Ch'eng-tzu, Wang Feng, et d'autres érudits disent, en effet : Les nuages denses devraient donner de la pluie. Qu'ils existent sans le faire montre l'influence restrictive de l'hexagramme à l'œuvre. Mais l'influence dynamique des autres lignes continue encore, et la pluie finira par tomber. Le vent se déplace dans le ciel puis cesse -- il peut retenir pendant un temps, mais pas indéfiniment.
Cleary (1) : Étant fort, mais agissant de manière soumise, la soumission subjugue la force, et la force ne peut pas agir seule. Le cœur devient chaque jour plus humble, tandis que la vertu devient chaque jour plus élevée. On peut ainsi progressivement atteindre le royaume des sages. C'est pourquoi la nourriture par le petit est développementale.
Cleary (2) : Lorsque vous rencontrez des situations qui vous obstruent et vous enlacent, si vous ne devenez pas rancunier ou amer, mais vous vous nourrissez simplement pour les digérer, vous réussirez … En effet, les événements et situations qui vous obstruaient auparavant peuvent devenir des moyens de développement personnel ; c'est ainsi que vous réussissez … Cette ligne (Sic) indique la valeur de ne pas saisir le succès facile et la valeur des résultats à long terme.
Wu :Restriction du Petit signifie littéralement petite accumulation ou petite restriction. “Petit” est un autre nom pour yin. “Petite accumulation” ou “petite restriction” peut également signifier accumulation ou restriction du yin … Lorsqu'il y a des nuages, mais pas de pluie, cela signifie que quelque chose est intervenu et a empêché le cycle de se compléter ... Le jugement signifie simplement : De nombreux facteurs peuvent faire dérailler un succès potentiel et nous devrions les peser soigneusement avant de prendre une décision.
Anthony : Notre influence est limitée par les circonstances… Nous devrions éviter l'ambition de progresser car cela exerce une pression négative sur les gens. Cela indique également que nous ne faisons pas encore confiance à notre chemin de non-action ou au pouvoir de la vérité pour changer la situation…
NOTES ET PARAPHRASES
Jugement : Le pouvoir est accumulé en retenant doucement son expression.
Le Supérieur transforme ses intuitions en composants de sa volonté consciente. Ou : Il travaille sur sa conscience extérieure, consciente (par opposition à intérieure, inconsciente). Ou : Il vit ses croyances.
La traduction de Wilhelm du titre de cet hexagramme est Le Pouvoir Apprivoisant du Petit. J'ai substituéRestriction Passivecomme une phrase plus compatible avec l'anglais contemporain. Les titres rendus par les autres traducteurs, à mon avis, ne transmettent pas le sens de l'hexagramme : celui de Liu Apprivoiser les Petites Puissances semble même diamétralement opposé, bien qu'il soit évident que le titre a de multiples significations. En décrivant l'action des trigrammes dans cet hexagramme, Wilhelm transmet son sens essentiel. (Extrait de Lectures sur le I Ching):
La fonction du vent est d'apprivoiser les forces créatives, de les accumuler et de les rendre visibles. Il est extrêmement difficile de comprendre cette relation de forces, car le pouvoir utilisé ici n'est pas exprimé avec force, mais c'est la force la plus douce, la plus douce imaginable. Le vent est le moins visible de tous les phénomènes, et ce vent invisible est maintenant nécessaire pour concentrer ce qui tend vers le haut, le plus fort de tous les phénomènes ... L'inconscient agit et crée comme il le doit, et nous devrions nous soumettre aux vagues de ses vagues. Ce n'est que dans la région périphérique, dans la petite zone libre de conscience, que le travail peut être repris chaque jour, et tout ce qui a besoin d'être affiné peut être affiné. Ce n'est pas un travail superflu. Bien que cette petite zone de conscience et de liberté ne soit qu'une fine écorce, son contact avec les forces de l'inconscient est vigoureux ... Ainsi, ce qui est apparemment petit et insignifiant est, après tout, le pouvoir qui réussit à apprivoiser le chaos par un travail constant et de la persévérance.
Les lignes un à quatre du neuvième hexagramme montrent différentes formes de restriction pendant une période de tension croissante. Les nuages sombres s'accumulent, et nous savons qu'éventuellement la pluie tombera et la tension sera relâchée. La pluie symbolise toujours une union entre le Ciel et la Terre dans le I Ching,ce qui signifie à son tour une synthèse de quelque sorte. Dans le cas présent, la synthèse est encore en cours de construction, et bien que la tension semble exiger une action, nous sommes conseillés de rester immobiles. La force magnétique doit retenir la pression écrasante des forces dynamiques.
La cinquième ligne dépeint le point focal où les forces sont rassemblées, et la sixième ligne montre la retenue nécessaire pour permettre à la nouvelle transformation de se stabiliser. Si nous retournons l'hexagramme, nous obtenons Avance Prudente, qui dépeint une situation différente dans laquelle une action très prudente est requise. Dans le cas présent cependant, aucune action n'est la bonne action.
Par l'activité de la providence divine, une abondance de bénédictions descend sur les créatures, mais cet éveil du pouvoir de la providence dépend des actes des êtres créés, sur "l'éveil d'en bas". Gershom Scholem – Kabbale