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Etymology of the ideogram Xian.31
The ideogram of the thirty-first hexagram is composed of two parts; its etymology, unclear, is yet to be confirmed. Partial, on the left, is the ideogram for Mouth, compressed as is the case when used in a composition. On the right, the Axe of a warrior with the idea of its long handle. This ideogram was never much used; its meaning is All of Us, Together, Entirely, Universal…
Without explaining clearly how the union of these two ideograms came to this meaning, classic commentators added the mention that, when adding to it the ideogram for Heart (ideogram used to describe thoughts and emotions) a more common and precise ideogram appears: To Feel, To Move, To Touch, (as To Be Touched Emotionally). Fact is, when combined with the ideogram for Steel, the newly composed ideogram designates Acupuncture.
In acupuncture, the characteristic of the needle (as opposed to medication) does not have a direct physiological effect. The metal does not act on the body. It Incites the body itself to reorganize the energetic fluidity which animates it. The Incitement contained in Xian.31 becomes therefore clearer.
Emotions, like acupuncture, are particular movements that also spread throughout the body without any common link with the means employed.
Confucius
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The ideogram of the thirty-first hexagram is composed of two parts; its etymology, unclear, is yet to be confirmed. Partial, on the left, is the ideogram for Mouth, compressed as is the case when used in a composition. On the right, the Axe of a warrior with the idea of its long handle. This ideogram was never much used; its meaning is All of Us, Together, Entirely, Universal…
Without explaining clearly how the union of these two ideograms came to this meaning, classic commentators added the mention that, when adding to it the ideogram for Heart (ideogram used to describe thoughts and emotions) a more common and precise ideogram appears: To Feel, To Move, To Touch, (as To Be Touched Emotionally). Fact is, when combined with the ideogram for Steel, the newly composed ideogram designates Acupuncture.
In acupuncture, the characteristic of the needle (as opposed to medication) does not have a direct physiological effect. The metal does not act on the body. It Incites the body itself to reorganize the energetic fluidity which animates it. The Incitement contained in Xian.31 becomes therefore clearer.
Emotions, like acupuncture, are particular movements that also spread throughout the body without any common link with the means employed.
Confucius
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