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Once it has attained its peak, any situation begins its mutation. Whether it be to stop a decline, as here, or to accompany a renewal, as in Wei Jie (64), the strategy is the same : To Favour The Small, precipitate nothing, to go forward with suppleness. Particularly when a situation has attained its balanced point, the ability resides in the aptitude to maintain that state. For this it is essential to adopt a Yin attitude, to focus on reserve and prudence, to abstain oneself from becoming too hungry, too greedy – a ‘’little by little’’ strategy which the text on the line confirms by multiplying advises of moderation and slowing-down images.
Although the attained perfection will not last forever, the time is appropriate for a serene attitude allowing to take advantage of acquisitions. The Opening characterising the present moment invites a preventing behaviour while the troubles becoming clearer in the end should incite one not to push things to term. As in the moment of Song’s (6) Judgement, one must particularly pay attention to remaining in the Just Middle.
The presence, in the Judgement, of the only favourable appreciation, emphasises the globally positive aspect of the situation; Their absence in the text on the lines brings out the difficulty on maintaining the balance between inertia and dynamism.
亨 To Favour : Mantic appreciation describing a potential full climate, a fertile arrangement, a global energetic environment within which the exchanges between Heaven and Earth interweave beneficially. Given as Favourable when found by itself, it is used here in a verbal form to complement the term Small.
小 Small : The ideogram represented originally a Multitude of Small Seeds. It has adopted ever since the sense of Small. However, in the context of the Yi Ching, this character can adopt a broader sense and symbolise the Yin. Particularly here, seeing Small as the emblem of the Yin, rather than as an attribute, better explains the general orientation of the proposed strategy.
亨 小 To Favour the Small : Specific mantic formula signifying that, for the whole of the situation, the impetus is conditioned by the strategic development of a Yin behaviour: Acting step by step, axing on time rather than action, preferring forbearance to dynamism. Formed with two characters read as Favourable Small, this appreciation, always found in the Judgements, only concerns four hexagrams: Bi (22), Dun (33), Ji Ji (63) and Wei Ji (64). The common quality of these four situations is to require the same type of attitude: Not to establish in a firm and voluntary way a new organisation but, by combining strength and suppleness, to improve by small touches the state of existing things. Finally, linking here Small directly to Favourable – a choice largely divided, especially amongst traditional authors\interpreters – emphasises an identical advice in the titles of Ji Ji (63)and Wei Ji (64), two situations tightly linked.
利 貞 Profitable Tenacity: Mantic formula signalling that the situation, in order to be fruitful, requires a great capacity to endure, to hold with constancy without getting tired by the moment’s difficulties. This solidity is coupled with Favourable For The Small but one more time: In Dun’s (33) Judgement. In the thought of change, Culmination and Retreat are inevitably linked ‘’The work Accomplished calls for Retirement, That is the Law of Heaven’’.
終 In the End: Mantic formula situating the circumstance in a temporal perspective, announcing either the probable outcome of the situation or a turnover by contrast with the envisioned moment.
亂 Trouble: Representing Two Hands At Work on a Skein which is all Intermingled. The ideogram is a very strong word to describe Disorder. Applied to Wedding it means Incest; Applied to Soldier it means Mutiny. This term, only appearing here, generally evokes the breaking up of social harmony.
Although the attained perfection will not last forever, the time is appropriate for a serene attitude allowing to take advantage of acquisitions. The Opening characterising the present moment invites a preventing behaviour while the troubles becoming clearer in the end should incite one not to push things to term. As in the moment of Song’s (6) Judgement, one must particularly pay attention to remaining in the Just Middle.
The presence, in the Judgement, of the only favourable appreciation, emphasises the globally positive aspect of the situation; Their absence in the text on the lines brings out the difficulty on maintaining the balance between inertia and dynamism.
亨 To Favour : Mantic appreciation describing a potential full climate, a fertile arrangement, a global energetic environment within which the exchanges between Heaven and Earth interweave beneficially. Given as Favourable when found by itself, it is used here in a verbal form to complement the term Small.
小 Small : The ideogram represented originally a Multitude of Small Seeds. It has adopted ever since the sense of Small. However, in the context of the Yi Ching, this character can adopt a broader sense and symbolise the Yin. Particularly here, seeing Small as the emblem of the Yin, rather than as an attribute, better explains the general orientation of the proposed strategy.
亨 小 To Favour the Small : Specific mantic formula signifying that, for the whole of the situation, the impetus is conditioned by the strategic development of a Yin behaviour: Acting step by step, axing on time rather than action, preferring forbearance to dynamism. Formed with two characters read as Favourable Small, this appreciation, always found in the Judgements, only concerns four hexagrams: Bi (22), Dun (33), Ji Ji (63) and Wei Ji (64). The common quality of these four situations is to require the same type of attitude: Not to establish in a firm and voluntary way a new organisation but, by combining strength and suppleness, to improve by small touches the state of existing things. Finally, linking here Small directly to Favourable – a choice largely divided, especially amongst traditional authors\interpreters – emphasises an identical advice in the titles of Ji Ji (63)and Wei Ji (64), two situations tightly linked.
利 貞 Profitable Tenacity: Mantic formula signalling that the situation, in order to be fruitful, requires a great capacity to endure, to hold with constancy without getting tired by the moment’s difficulties. This solidity is coupled with Favourable For The Small but one more time: In Dun’s (33) Judgement. In the thought of change, Culmination and Retreat are inevitably linked ‘’The work Accomplished calls for Retirement, That is the Law of Heaven’’.
終 In the End: Mantic formula situating the circumstance in a temporal perspective, announcing either the probable outcome of the situation or a turnover by contrast with the envisioned moment.
亂 Trouble: Representing Two Hands At Work on a Skein which is all Intermingled. The ideogram is a very strong word to describe Disorder. Applied to Wedding it means Incest; Applied to Soldier it means Mutiny. This term, only appearing here, generally evokes the breaking up of social harmony.