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Etymology of the ideogram Guai.43
The ideogram used to illustrate Guai.43 is seldom used outside the context of the Yi Jing. It originally represented a Hand Holding a Wooden Lath upon which were carved small grooves. These grooves were witnesses to a contract agreement between two parties. Upon agreement and the securing of the contract, these wood laths were separated in two, each contractor keeping his half as a receipt of the transaction; the reuniting of the two corresponding halves was a means to verify and to guarantee.
Starting from this idea of Groove, the ideogram will be used in a variety of combinations. For example, with the character Pottery it becomes the ideogram Chipped Vase; with the character Clothing it becomes the ideogram Sleeves, where a one-piece garment has a breach, an opening (a symbolic application of this is found at the sovereign level of Gui Mei.54). Finally, combined with the character Water it is the ideogram depicting the idea of water fraying its way in a dyke (a Leak).
Undoubtedly, the reason why this ideogram is used in that sense in the Tenth Wing of this hexagram hold to its analogous relationship what the ideogram describes and the global form of Guai.43: a wall of five continuous strokes surmounted by a groove. This breach illustrated by the only Yin line in the structure of the hexagram.
Confucius
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The ideogram used to illustrate Guai.43 is seldom used outside the context of the Yi Jing. It originally represented a Hand Holding a Wooden Lath upon which were carved small grooves. These grooves were witnesses to a contract agreement between two parties. Upon agreement and the securing of the contract, these wood laths were separated in two, each contractor keeping his half as a receipt of the transaction; the reuniting of the two corresponding halves was a means to verify and to guarantee.
Starting from this idea of Groove, the ideogram will be used in a variety of combinations. For example, with the character Pottery it becomes the ideogram Chipped Vase; with the character Clothing it becomes the ideogram Sleeves, where a one-piece garment has a breach, an opening (a symbolic application of this is found at the sovereign level of Gui Mei.54). Finally, combined with the character Water it is the ideogram depicting the idea of water fraying its way in a dyke (a Leak).
Undoubtedly, the reason why this ideogram is used in that sense in the Tenth Wing of this hexagram hold to its analogous relationship what the ideogram describes and the global form of Guai.43: a wall of five continuous strokes surmounted by a groove. This breach illustrated by the only Yin line in the structure of the hexagram.
Confucius
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