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I am trying to understand the Chinese perspective on "Evil." I do not have access to any Yi books where I am located, and I did a search on the Internet and this forum and really found it cumbersome and also unsuccessful to gain a proper perspective on the meaning of "evil" in the Yi.
Can anyone help expand my awareness?
Modest Learner
I am trying to understand the Chinese perspective on "Evil." I do not have access to any Yi books where I am located, and I did a search on the Internet and this forum and really found it cumbersome and also unsuccessful to gain a proper perspective on the meaning of "evil" in the Yi.
Can anyone help expand my awareness?
** evil is not for those who are above reproach; others .... sooo you need to help me here.... others' evil are self-sentencing and correcting????
Feng shui means the wind and the water. It has to do with the environment where you live. You will be impacted favorably or unfavorably by the surrounding. Sha Qi means the present of killing forces.
Look at the following evil forces which should be avoided at all costs:
1. The evil forces of the dragon: From you window or you door your can see broken mountains, quarrying activities, rock; sand and broken tiles every where. These will drain your wealth.
2. The evil forces of suppression: Your house is surrounded by buildings, flyovers, and there are big billboards on top of the building. You luck will be sluggish and you will find difficulty to break through the situation.
3. The evil forces of glaring light: From the window or your door, strong light reflected directly into your house causing stress and slow down your reactions.
4. The evil force of sickle: The shape of the road or the flyover is like a sickle which cuts into your house. It means bleeding, disputes and a drain of wealth.
5. The evil forces of white tiger: There is a building under construction or is being demolished on your right side. You will be subject to illnesses, bodily injuries and loss of wealth.
6. The evil forces of the staircase: The staircase leads right up to your door step. It means sickness and failure.
7. The evil forces of noise: The noise created, such as a building under construction, will make you ill at ease and succumb to illnesses.
8. The evil forces of odour: The air is stagnant or you can smell the foul air coming from the rubbish dump. You will be weak and do not feel well.
9. The evil forces of the flying dagger: From your door or the window you are directly facing the sharp roof or the sharp corner of another building. You will face illnesses, injuries and loss of wealth.
Sooo,
And ALL,To be serious: I noticed this about Wilhelm--frequent use of the word "evil"
Modest Learner.
If evil is branded it thinks of weapons, and if we do it the favor of fighting against it blow for blow, we lose in the end because thus we ourselves get entangled in hatred and passion. Therefore it's important to begin at home, to be on guard in our own persons against the faults we have branded. In this way, finding no opponent, the sharp edges of the weapons of evil becomes dulled. For the same reasons we shouldn't combat our own faults directly. As long as we wrestle with them, they continue victorious. Finally, the best way to fight evil is to make energetic progress in the good.
Just from memory, he translates the word 恶 "e4" as evil (e.g. 38.1), which is OK.
But I seem to remember him also translating 災 Zai as evil, which is better translated as disaster or calamity.
Somehow I posted the wrong character above. Should have been 惡.
The lower part is called the radical. This one is Xin, the word for heart or mind.
Most of the words that have this have to do with feelings, emotions, states of mind.
The upper part is the word 亞 Ya4. It means inferior, ugly or secondary.
So the two together make "Inferior heart" or "Ugly Heart."
It's actually pretty rare that the parts of a Chinese word come together with this much clarity. You just asked it of the right word this time.
** HEART/MIND So the word for "heart" or "mind" is the same? Wow...how does that actually function, I wonder? Is that a reflection of philosophy that they are one in the same...or should be...or that they both direct energy
Modest Learner.
Hi, Modestlearner:...
** WILHELM AND EVIL: And, I think it was sooo who was asking me why it is that I like that Wilhelm uses the word "evil" a lot...I was thinking about why I feel that...I think it was an attempt in a way to codfiy the translation and the lines....Being conditioned to judeo-christianity, I respond without full intention to the word "evil," though react to Wilhelm's repeated phrase, "There will be evil" as if it said "undesirable--or perhaps better is unwanted results/outcomes." Then again, so many times, I feel that "evil" in his phrases can mean "unwanted emotions" or emotional states.
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H.12:
STANDSTILL. Evil people do not furtherW/B
The perseverance of the superior man.
The great departs; the small approaches.
38.1:
Nine at the beginning means:W/B
Remorse disappears.
If you lose your horse, do not run after it;
It will come back of its own accord.
When you see evil people,
Guard yourself against mistakes.
Hi, Dora:Modest Learner I also got curious about the terms and had them looked up . . there are some free online Chinese dictionaries you can use like this and this . .
The first one is also directly linked thru the Chinese characters in the wengu.tartarie.com website which can make it much easier ..
and also Bradford has put together a matrix word-for-word translation of the book which you can find on his website . .
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Modest Learner I also got curious about the terms and had them looked up . . there are some free online Chinese dictionaries you can use like this and this . .
The first one is also directly linked thru the Chinese characters in the wengu.tartarie.com website which can make it much easier ..
and also Bradford has put together a matrix word-for-word translation of the book which you can find on his website . .
Clarity,
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London.
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