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‘In the field, taking three foxes.
Gaining a golden arrow.
Constancy, good fortune.’
Hexagram 40, line 2
‘A prince uses this to shoot a hawk, on the top of the high ramparts.
He gets it. Nothing that does not bear fruit.’
Hexagram 40, line 6
‘Advancing, Prince Kang used a gift of horses to breed a multitude.
In the course of a day, he mated them three times.’
Hexagram 35, Advancing
‘Prosperity does not arrive by itself, it visits the people with the right attitude. The one who always carries along arrows is probably the only one who comes home from a walk with a rabbit for dinner. The lord of Kang grasped the opportunity of a gift to breed a meadow full of horses. The first one who sees a gap in the market builds up the multinational. Grasp the small chances, do not wait for the big one to arrive, stay alert with eyes and ears and hands ready, and a quiver filled with arrows.’
LiSe Heyboer, https://yijing.nl/hex-stories/35.html
‘The hawk is the object of the hunt; bow and arrow are the tools and means. The marksman is man. The superior man contains the means in his own person. He bides his time and then acts. Why then should not everything go well? He acts and its free. Therefore all he has to do is to go forth, and he takes his quarry. This is how a man fares who acts after he has made ready the means.’
The Dazhuan, Wilhelm/Baynes translation
Very much so, thank you. His translation is a bit of a mixed bag, isn't it?I hope this helps?
Possibly-interesting comparison with 40's predecessor in the Sequence, 39. 39's point is to turn around, come back, start again, find another way. 40's oracle says, "With no place to go, To turn round and come back is good fortune...", but by 40.6 that's not an option (or a wearisome requirement, maybe, depending on perspective) anymore.This line [40.6] joins Release to Hexagram 64, Not Yet Across [...] a reminder that, with hawks just as with river crossing, you only get one shot at it
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