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What do you mean by 'internal hexagram'?Its internal hexagram, Da You: abundant possessions (14)
Thanks, Tuck. One question:
What do you mean by 'internal hexagram'?
Line 4 sincerely & trustworthily sustains line 5, and line 5 occupies line 4, sincerity & trust, as if sincerity & trust are bond together; (line 5) to extend wealth to one’s neighbor (i.e. line 4). The masculine is solidity which signifies wealth, and the feminine is regarded as ‘not wealthy’; hence line 5 shares its wealth with line 4 in return for its aid, like a king receiving tribute from those below and sharing his wealth with them in return, so they derive mutual benefit. Provided both lines 4 and 5 change, the hexagram will become Da You: abundant possessions (hexagram 14), signifying a great achievement or merit from the viewpoint that all five masculine lines belong to one feminine line.
Luis, that's a brilliant thread, and I completely missed it the first time around. Thank you.Or you can also look at this thread I started, more than two years ago, about Bao Ti (Bao Gua) and build the hexagram that way.
Glad I could help with the editing, and thank you very much for your post.Hi, Hilary,
You are right; it is a mistake. The internal hexagram which I meant is a hexagram constituted by lines 2,3,4 and 3,4,5 of the original hexagram, i.e, the nuclear hexagram. Thank you very much for correction. I am sorry for the mistake and please accept my correction as follows: The internal hexagram of Hsiao Xu is Kui: alienation (hexagram 38), signifying the small one serves the big one, seemingly in harmony but actually at variance.
I also thank Frank and Luis very much for your advice.
Indeed, Hu Gua (互卦 互: mutual; reciprocal), usually we call it in Chinese, exists in many forms, such as lines 123234, 234345, 345456 or 123345, 234456; I am not familiar with those. To my understanding, all are for collecting more images for enlightenment; what I focus on is the nuclear hexagram and that which I intend to express the scenario of the text of Hex 9, like Chow Wen Wang (King Wen) at the time of imprisonment at Yu Li (羑里), he had to deal with King Zhou while he was waiting for rescue from his people.
The texts of lines 4 and 5 are the norm of the monarch and the subject, and the changed hexagram of lines 4 & 5, Da You (14) is a kind of hint or encouragement to the one that is small at present.
Best regards
Tuck :bows:
I also missed it, but maybe because I was not yet that much interested in trigrams back then. Great thread! Good old times...Luis, that's a brilliant thread, and I completely missed it the first time around. Thank you.
You and trouble?? You are the one who always brings in some sunshine again when everything gets covered by big black storm-clouds.
Maybe that is also hex.9, clouds but no relieving rain. Needs someone like you.
expressing a kind of anxiety in period of waiting for action, like the small one playing games with the big one, struggling for the goal and requiring wits instead of power. Little storage and feeding can’t lead to a great achievement; furthermore the line text tells us that the small one is not a reliable resource; even if the line reaches position 6, it is ominous for a gentleman to undertake a venture.
The feminine is small; the feminine feeds the masculine lines, from the viewpoint of the masculine, signifying it is not dependable. On the other hand, the masculine will be restrained by the feminine if it counts too much on the feminine; thus the feminine is not reliable as well.
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