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Do I understand 40.1 correctly - that an error has been made. Say, one is making an assumption that seems logical, so perhaps there's no blame in making that assumption, but still, its an error? And it can be corrected easily, or should be corrected, otherwise it will interfere with developments? At least this is what I get from Brad's translation, but I'm not very sure. Other translations say no mistake, or not a mistake, which tends to imply the opposite of error.
Thanks for any insights.
I understand 40.1 differently. Lines 2 and 6 are about shooting. On this basis and line position, I understand line 1 as 'Hold fire'. If assumption is thought of as shooting, then 40.1 would suggest not making the assumption until you have a clear shot. Wait for more evidence.
Its not a directive piece of advice IMO...it doesn't tell you to do or not do anything does it ?
Hi, Chingching:I think a lot of line 1 's have a sense of just at the beginning, slowly into it, but I think 40 is like a watershed and the release is immediate.
Even just really taking in the words 'no fault' or 'no error' brings a release , a deliverance from worry or guilt...paranoia or anger and so on.
- Maybe line 1 is only setting matters : «no blame», nothing wrong nor right, nothing about moral principles, only matter of facts.
- Line 2 could be the main promess: if your are shrewd you can get the jackpot.
- Line 3 could be a warning: don't be excessive or you'l be lost and you will not arrive to the 6th. line, the summit.
the advice of the 1st. line is often BE CAUTIOUS
The simplest most fundamental beginning to release: this is not wrong
Hi, Chingching:...
All I have to look at is Hilary's, lise's, bradford's, wilhelm's and those included in Brian's app which is f keagans c anthony a direct translation and his I think. No mento of being cautious.
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Do I understand 40.1 correctly - that an error has been made. Say, one is making an assumption that seems logical, so perhaps there's no blame in making that assumption, but still, its an error? And it can be corrected easily, or should be corrected, otherwise it will interfere with developments? At least this is what I get from Brad's translation, but I'm not very sure. Other translations say no mistake, or not a mistake, which tends to imply the opposite of error.
Thanks for any insights.
NO MISTAKE, DO NOT MISTAKE, of course one can avoid mistakes even without being cautious.
Think about this for a second. One of the most common mistakes people make in interpreting the lines in forgetting which overall Hexagram they are in.
Here you have the briefest of statements "no blame" in a Hexagram that's all about letting go or forgiveness. Our preoccupation with the wrongness of things and laying blame keeps us tied up in resentments. We can only liberate ourselves by untying ourselves and moving on. It doesn't matter if mistakes were made. They probably were. But it's not the time to dwell on them.
.It doesn't matter if mistakes were made. They probably were. But it's not the time to dwell on them.
human dramas are nature too, we are not separate from it, our drama are a product of being apart of it that is why I look out for full moons, human dramas seem to multiply on a full moon. But talking directly to and about human dramas is the same as talking about nature, we are apart of it, regardless of our technology our brains our consumption and pollution or never ending search for a partner, in the grand scheme of things talking about all those things is the same as talking about how plants turn their leaves to the sun. Ever look at a dehydrated plant and imagine a voice 'I just cant find what I need right now, I just need to go somewhere new to re-vitalise myself, some time for me'
Maybe mountains have a yijing where all the images are talkative little sister above meditative old man. lol.
A dying enclosed tree reads about nelson mandela's time in jail and finds hope.
[40.6 commentary]Confucius says about this line :
The hawk is the object of the hunt; bow and arrow are the tools and means. The marksman is man (who must make proper use of the means to his end). 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 is 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.
Wilhelm / Baynes
射 she4 [身 shen1 body, 寸 cun4 hand]: to shoot / to send out / archery
身 shen1: a body / a trunk /a child in the womb / one's own person / oneself / in person / personally
Source: Sears´ Chineseetymology
[from 40.1 commentary]
... few words are needed... deliverance has come. One recuperates in peace and keeps still.
This is the right thing to do ...
Wilhelm / Baynes
lolIt's just that earthly natural phenomenon predates human behavior by an estimated 4.5 billion years.
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