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Dear all,
To me, the I Ching is a story of life and life stories. I have no intent to confuse you or influence your understanding but rather to discover some ancient wisdom, i.e. how a deliberate setup was made, and to unveil its significance from viewing the cause and effect. You might take it as another enlightenment or a comic when you are engaged in studying the text book. I would like to share with you: Hexagram 7: Shi (the army), 7.3 .5.
Usually we will read together the lines of which the texts have the relative words or which the designated posts are related.
My translations of lines 3 and 5 are follows:
Line 3: As if Shi (the army) is riding a cart fully loaded with cadavers (or, as if Shi is led by confusing orders); it is ominous.
Line 5: Animals on the farmland; it is instrumental in insisting what is declared; no fault (or calamity). The eldest son (i.e. the experienced person, line 2) leads the troops, and the son of the younger brother (i.e. the inexperienced person, line 3) rides a cart fully loaded with the cadavers (or, the son of the younger brother gives the confusing orders); it is ominous to persist.
The literal translation should be ‘a cart fully loaded with cadavers’; however some of Chinese writings directly interpret it as ‘confusing orders’ i.e. to attribute the defeat to confusing orders in accordance the following explanation:
Line 2 is the commander of the army and line 5 at the king is the political leader who is responsible for declaring war and appointing the marshal. The masculine line 2 bravely and justly leads the troops; however, the king delegates an auditor, line 3 (Remarks: according to Xi Ci Zhuan i.e. Confucius’s commentary on the text tagging, line 3 has the same function as line 5): the auditor (or the influence of the king) interrupts the marshal’s leadership, so that the troops are badly defeated and the casualties are very severe. The auditor role indeed existed in the ancient army system, mainly for securing loyalty.
We can also refer this problem to that which we have nowadays in respect to the authorization of an administration system or the importance of expertise.
Please see more details at www.iching123.com if abovementioned is still unclear to you.
Best regards
Tuck :bows:
To me, the I Ching is a story of life and life stories. I have no intent to confuse you or influence your understanding but rather to discover some ancient wisdom, i.e. how a deliberate setup was made, and to unveil its significance from viewing the cause and effect. You might take it as another enlightenment or a comic when you are engaged in studying the text book. I would like to share with you: Hexagram 7: Shi (the army), 7.3 .5.
Usually we will read together the lines of which the texts have the relative words or which the designated posts are related.
My translations of lines 3 and 5 are follows:
Line 3: As if Shi (the army) is riding a cart fully loaded with cadavers (or, as if Shi is led by confusing orders); it is ominous.
Line 5: Animals on the farmland; it is instrumental in insisting what is declared; no fault (or calamity). The eldest son (i.e. the experienced person, line 2) leads the troops, and the son of the younger brother (i.e. the inexperienced person, line 3) rides a cart fully loaded with the cadavers (or, the son of the younger brother gives the confusing orders); it is ominous to persist.
The literal translation should be ‘a cart fully loaded with cadavers’; however some of Chinese writings directly interpret it as ‘confusing orders’ i.e. to attribute the defeat to confusing orders in accordance the following explanation:
Line 2 is the commander of the army and line 5 at the king is the political leader who is responsible for declaring war and appointing the marshal. The masculine line 2 bravely and justly leads the troops; however, the king delegates an auditor, line 3 (Remarks: according to Xi Ci Zhuan i.e. Confucius’s commentary on the text tagging, line 3 has the same function as line 5): the auditor (or the influence of the king) interrupts the marshal’s leadership, so that the troops are badly defeated and the casualties are very severe. The auditor role indeed existed in the ancient army system, mainly for securing loyalty.
We can also refer this problem to that which we have nowadays in respect to the authorization of an administration system or the importance of expertise.
Please see more details at www.iching123.com if abovementioned is still unclear to you.
Best regards
Tuck :bows: