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‘Truth and confidence’?‘With truth and confidence like authority. In the end, good fortune.’
Hexagram 37, line 6
“Fu can sometimes (11.3, 44.1) mean simply ‘what is true’ or ‘the true nature of this’. But more often, it means the quality of trust and being true which opens channels and creates an interface – a way or place of connection. Relationships of all kinds happen through fu; it’s the prerequisite for both inner and outer communication. In the Songs, it unites the king with heaven’s mandate, and unites the people with the king.”
Language of Change
厥孚交如。威如吉。
‘Your truth interacts, strikes awe
Good fortune.’
Hexagram 14 line 5
有孚威如。終吉
‘With truth and confidence like authority.
In the end, good fortune.’
37.6
‘Majestic-like, this is good fortune and means a turning-back to the self.’
37.6, xiaoxiang – Wu Jing Nuan‘s translation
‘With truth and confidence like authority. In the end, good fortune.’
Interesting tidbit about wei, 'authority': the oldest forms of the character show a woman and a weapon! OK, so it probably doesn’t mean she's wielding it, but still...Years ago I got this line about family and authority when I consulted the IC for advice for a weekend road trip I was taking with my mother and my dog. In retrospect it seemed to refer to the moment we learned that the motel I had intended for us to stay at wouldn't allow pets and I suggested to Mom that we could sneak Fido in after dark. My mother was shocked I'd even suggest such a thing. "I would never do that. I'm a MacNair!"
Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).