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Luis:Mind you, if we go by the Chinese characters, there's no "She" in it. Only "treasure of the house, great good fortune," or something like that. The "She" here is somehow implied, perhaps by the general context of the hexagram.
富
Phonetic: 畐 fu2 bi4
Signific: 宀 mian2 building - roof
Etymology: Phonetic Signific, having a home 宀 makes you rich
Sears: Chineseetymology
http://www.chineseetymology.org/Cha...aspx?characterInput=富&submitButton1=Etymology
Rosada:Interesting how the first three lines of 37 discribe a situation where it seems the wife and children need to be disciplined, made to align with the orders of the husband, then line 4 calls the wife "the treasure of the house". I think of the book Life With Father about a Victorian era family where the father is constantly getting things in a muddle, giving totally inappropriate orders and demands and the wife just goes about quietly making everything run right and never lets her husband see what a silly fool he really is.
According to the historian Sima Qian, Sun-zi was given an audience in the state of Wu. Having read the thirteen chapters of Sun-zi's Art of War, the king of Wu (r. 514-496 BC) invited him to demonstrate the drilling of troops with the king's concubines. Sun-zi explained the commands for marching, and the women all answered, "Yes, sir;" but when the drum signals were given, the women burst out laughing. Sun-zi realized that if the orders are not clear and the signals not familiar, the general is at fault. He repeated the signals several times, but the women responded by laughing again. Believing that when the signals are clear but not followed, the officers are at fault, Sun-zi ordered the left and right commanders (two of the king's favorite concubines) beheaded. The king sent a messenger to stop the executions, but Sun-zi disregarded the sovereign's command. After the two commanders were beheaded and replaced, the women obeyed the orders with serious precision. Not wanting to watch but impressed with Sun-zi's military ways, the king appointed him commander of his army.
Sanderson Beck
From: http://www.san.beck.org/EC13-Chou.html#8
Rosada:Hmm..I'd see that story as being more representative of 37.3.
1st. shut up!
2nd. you're the home's treasure, go to cook the food and clean the dishes.
But it is curious that the woman is absent from the chinese text of lines except 37.3.
Yours,
Charly
The fourth line is usually the position of the faithful steward, the one who performs some service for the public welfare. In the hexagram of The Family this refers to the one who keeps the home running. It used to be job of Home manager was recognized as being one that required skill and understanding. They actually had classes in high school to train for it. That is no longer the case today. Women are expected to have a "real job" outside the home and the true meaning of "treasure of the house" is forgotten.
《大雅 - Greater odes of the kingdom》
《蕩之什 - Decade Of Dang》
《瞻卬 - Zhan Yang》
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瞻卬:
哲夫成城、哲婦傾城。
懿厥哲婦、為梟為鴟。
婦有長舌、維厲之階。
亂匪降自天、生自婦人。
匪教匪誨、時維婦寺。
Zhan Yang:
A wise man builds up the wall [of a city], but a wise woman overthrows it.
Admirable may be the wise woman, but she is [no better than] an owl.
A woman with a long tongue, is [like] a stepping-stone to disorder.
[Disorder] does not come down from heaven; it is produced by the woman.
Those from whom come no lessons, no instruction, are women and eunuchs.
From Book of Odes, Legge translation
http://chinese.dsturgeon.net/text.pl?node=13985&if=en&searchu=women+and+eunuchs
María:A clever move.... see line 4 !!!
37.5:
Nine in the fifth place means:
As a king he approaches his family.
Fear not.
Good fortune.
A king is the symbol of a fatherly man who is richly endowed in mind.
He does nothing to make himself feared; on the contrary, the whole family can trust him, because love governs their intercourse.
His character of itself exercises the right influence.
Wilhelm/Baynes
Mount Qi ('Twin Peaks') stood near the capital of the original home of the Zhou people in the Wei valley.
Richard Rutt, ZhouYi..., pg.338
Small wonder 37 ends up upside down in 38... Talk about hexagram sequences...
Chorus:From: http://www.lyricsspot.com/les+luthiers-cartas+de+color-lyrics-1455306.html
Take me home,
oh yes
take me home,
take me home,
sweet chariot
take me home.
Ernest Acher: Did you ever see the blue sky?
Chorus: Yes, yes
Ernest Acher: In the middle of the storm?
Chorus: No, no
Ernest Acher: Did you ever see the ocean?
Chorus: Yes, yes
Ernest Acher: Going back and going forth?
Chorus: No, no
Ernest Acher: Did you ever see the sinner?
Chorus: Yes, yes
Ernest Acher: When you're away from home?
Chorus: No, no
María:
Better see line 5:
Yours,
Charly
____________________
exactly !!!!
Maria
Rosada:Thanks for posting 37.5 and keeping us on track, Charly. You are a true "treasure of the house"!
I'll now post it again just to have it in our usual format.
... As a king he approaches his family.
Fear not. Good fortune...
-Wilhelm
Wandering Hare, Wandering Thare, Wandering, Wandering, Everywhare.
... I could see his little heart pounding in his chest...
She was -how to say it?-
all my world then,
when in the home burned
only words of love..
Ella, com us ho podré dir,
era tot el meu món llavors
quan en la llar cremàven
només paraules d'amor...J.M.Serrat: Paraules d'amor. 1968
See: http://www.trovadores.net/nc.php?NM=2063
...
The line is correct, strong, central; hence the image of a king...
The melancholy of the last hours of the year that passes away fits well to this Spanish leaflet which spread in a large number of versions in the age of Renaissance. In the spirit of the best tradition of Cervantes, this little memento develops both a full image and a criticism of the society, while with the example of Christ it also incites to a Stoic endurance of the same society, and finally in the last line it offers the necessary perspective. A perfectly polished little gem, in ten lines the whole universe.
SENTENCES
worthy of knowing.
THE POPE SAYS: …… I am the head of all.
THE KING SAYS: …… I obey the Pope.
THE KNIGHT SAYS: …… I serve these two.
THE MERCHANT SAYS: …… I cheat these three.
THE LAWYER SAYS: …… I confuse these four.
THE PLOUGHMAN SAYS: …… I feed these five.
THE DOCTOR SAYS: …… I kill these six.
THE CONFESSOR SAYS: …… I absolve these seven.
CHRIST SAYS: …… I suffer these eight.
THE DEATH SAYS: …… I take them all away.
From: http://www.emblematica.com/blog/studiolum.html
Rosada:37.6
His work commands respect.
In the end good fortune comes.
A World Without Fathers or Husbands:
Legend has it that there was once a beautiful land in China called Li Chang, where lovers never married. They changed partners when they wanted to. But a cruel Chinese emperor changed all that and forbade these relationships. Arranged marriages became the norm and there were many lovers’ suicides.
In this fascinating documentary filmed in Mosuo Province near the Tibetan border, we learn about a matriarchal society that seems to echo many aspects of the legendary Li Chang. There are no fathers, husbands or marriages in Mosuo society. Uncles take care of their sisters’ children and act as the fathers of these children. Brothers and sisters live together all their lives in their mothers’ homes.
The women do all the work, including physical labor and are the bread-winners in their families. They are expected to establish harmonious households. Women are usually courted by men from miles away, who come for conjugal "visits."
from: http://www.filmakers.com/indivs/world_without_fathers.htm
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