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‘Not knowing, creating success.
I do not seek the young ignoramus, the young ignoramus seeks me.
The first consultation speaks clearly.
The second and third pollute the waters,
Polluted, and hence not speaking.
Constancy bears fruit.’
‘Influence, creating success.
Constancy bears fruit.
Taking a woman, good fortune.’
‘Not knowing, creating success.
Constancy bears fruit.’
But this is about the rest of the oracle – actually just three words, heng li zhen, translated above as ‘creating success – bearing fruit – constancy’. These words are part of the mantic formula that opens the whole book, yuan heng li zhen: from the source, creating success, constancy bears fruit. Behind those meanings lie older ones: a successful, well-received offering, and a fruitful divination.
Except that the flow from heng to li zhen, from the offering to the fruitful divination, gets interrupted by the young ignoramus and her repeat questioning.
‘Not knowing, creating success.
Constancy bears fruit.’
I find if I remember the word means 'divination' originally, and let that blur gently in my brain into the meaning of 'constancy', what emerges is a sense of knowing what's true and being constant to that and all it implies / requires. I agree, that won't necessarily mean keeping on and on, but it quite often will.To me 'constancy' in Yi means being faithful to something, putting your best intent in. I don't see it as meaning keep on and on and on as in 'persevere' although I suppose they may not be that far apart.
Where is the flow interrupted ? It says hexagram name and then 'creating success, Constancy bears fruit ' which presumably is heng li zhen so what part of it is interrupted ?
ust realised I missed a prime opportunity to include a picture of a mountain. Rats.
If there’s a unifying theme, it seems to be respect creative power in motion – which is not so far away from the dragons of Hexagram 1.
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