DIY Yi

[dobro p]

I'm more inclined to use "worthwhile" rather than "beneficial".
It seems to me that it suggests that it is something that is "worthy" to do in itself, not just becuse it will bring benefits.
Whilelm seems softer with "it furthers", in the Takashima Ekidan is rendered strongly as "advantageous". Bradford Hatcher uses "worthwhile" and it resonated with me better.

Am I biased by my poor English?

No, I really like 'worthwhile'. I rejected 'advantageous' because it has a feeling, for me at least, of being typical of a small ego calculating 'what's in it for me?' I went with 'beneficial' because (again, for me) it has a feeling of 'beneficial all round'. But I like 'worthwhile' because it has a simple feel of 'worth it'. I'll consider it.

One downside of this project is that if I make a decision to change a term that occurs more than once in the text, I have to track down and update *every* instance of it. The Karcher index is invaluable for this, but it's still a boatload of work. Which encourages me to think v-e-r-y carefully before committing.

 

[rosada]

dobro, maybe you don’t know this but you were part of the team that launched WikiWing! Truly - Hilary says she was inspired to create it by the Memorizing The I Ching project which you contributed to. Anyway, it’s amazing. It’s got hundreds of contributions from members going back for years now posting their experiences and insights. Hilary asks a token fee of $1 a month - which I think she says even that is refundable if you aren’t satisfied with your purchase. Come on, you owe it to yourself to at least check it out!

 

[dobro p]

Okay, I'll check it out, but later - I've done about twelve hexagrams so far, and I want to get completely into the process before I see if Wikiwing adds/alters anything.

 

[dobro p]

I've done eighteen hexagrams more or less to my satisfaction, and I think I can say with my hand on my heart that Balkin is still way more useful to me than my own version. Really interesting. I'm looking into this. I'm going way into Balkin.