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Lin4 crops up a *lot* in the Yi - it's important. I've been translating it variously, but recently I've been opting for 'shame' in the sense of 'distressing inadequacy, distressing awareness of a less than adequate performance'. That meaning for lin4 works quite well, but if it's a good rendering, then how to read 28.4? When the ridgepole is high, that's fortunate, but having more means shame. Huh, how can having more than enough be 'distressing awareness of inadequacy'? Inadequacy is the wrong idea, right? It's more like the biblical sense of sin - 'missing the mark' - yes? Yes? lol
I think it is difficult to reduce a line to one meaning across the board, if indeed that is what you were intending to do.
Lin4 crops up a *lot* in the Yi - it's important. I've been translating it variously, but recently I've been opting for 'shame' in the sense of 'distressing inadequacy, distressing awareness of a less than adequate performance'. That meaning for lin4 works quite well, but if it's a good rendering, then how to read 28.4? When the ridgepole is high, that's fortunate, but having more means shame. Huh, how can having more than enough be 'distressing awareness of inadequacy'? Inadequacy is the wrong idea, right? It's more like the biblical sense of sin - 'missing the mark' - yes? Yes? lol
I believe Dobro is interested in the translation of Lin4 as applied to 28.4, not in the interpretation of the line per se...
I like Ewald's "inadequacy" too, although I wouldn't use it across all the occurrences of Lin4.
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...how to read 28.4? When the ridgepole is high, that's fortunate, but having more means shame. Huh, how can having more than enough be 'distressing awareness of inadequacy'?
Hilarious thread. I stumbled upon it when looking for ideas on 28.4 as an answer to "where can i find a boyfriend" - distressing inadequacy suddenly took a whole new meaning You want a Boyfriend? You CAN"T HANDLE a boyfriend, is what this line seems to be saying. And I fear it is right. Sigh.
I don't 'belong' anywhere but with myself. @bradford
Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).