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The text below, written by the diviner Lao Dan, was buried in Guodian 312 BC
http://www.daoisopen.com/A11toA13Chapters25516.html
7 ==> : A form of existence, a flood, killed the prior to the Earth of Heaven.
<== 7 : To be appointed, not inheriting, is the only void and silent birth.
6 ==> : Is it possible, that the mother was in a lower position than Heaven?
7 ==> : Not yet knowing the pronouncement of his personal name?
<== 8 : The action of the spoken title "Great" is the way of the strong "We".
<== 6 : Great, said to be the dam burst of a bursting dam, is called an exaggeration.
8 ==> : An exaggeration is, using analogy, to say: Heaven is greatly great!
<== 7 : The existent state is great like the king is great.
<== 7 : Thereupon one residing king, thereupon the way of the great four:
<== 6 : The rulerly Heaven rules man.
7 ==> : The ruler of Heaven says: The rules of speaking are our own indeed!
Five of the lines were meant to be read from above to below.
Six of the lines were meant to be read from below to above.
The number of characters 786776 in the six lines correspond to:
Zhouyi 786776 = hexagram 18.1,4 (Ku zhi Ta Yu)
Guicang 786776 = hexagram 18.2,3,5,6 (Ku zhi Pi)
Lianshan 786776 = hexagram 18.5 (Ku zhi Sun)
A few commentaries to the translation:
Line 1: "the prior" means Gun, the father of Qi, the first Xia Dynasty king.
Line 1: "the Earth of Heaven" means the "Son of Heaven"
Line 5: "We" was one of four ways, that a "Son of Heaven" spoke to his subordinates.
Line 6: "dam burst" relates to Gun, who was executed because his faileure taming the flood.
Line 8: The existent state means "the Zhou state".
Line 9: "the great four" are four ways, that a "Son of Heaven" spoke to his subordinates.
Line 11: "The rules of speaking" are "the great four".
http://www.daoisopen.com/A11toA13Chapters25516.html
7 ==> : A form of existence, a flood, killed the prior to the Earth of Heaven.
<== 7 : To be appointed, not inheriting, is the only void and silent birth.
6 ==> : Is it possible, that the mother was in a lower position than Heaven?
7 ==> : Not yet knowing the pronouncement of his personal name?
<== 8 : The action of the spoken title "Great" is the way of the strong "We".
<== 6 : Great, said to be the dam burst of a bursting dam, is called an exaggeration.
8 ==> : An exaggeration is, using analogy, to say: Heaven is greatly great!
<== 7 : The existent state is great like the king is great.
<== 7 : Thereupon one residing king, thereupon the way of the great four:
<== 6 : The rulerly Heaven rules man.
7 ==> : The ruler of Heaven says: The rules of speaking are our own indeed!
Five of the lines were meant to be read from above to below.
Six of the lines were meant to be read from below to above.
The number of characters 786776 in the six lines correspond to:
Zhouyi 786776 = hexagram 18.1,4 (Ku zhi Ta Yu)
Guicang 786776 = hexagram 18.2,3,5,6 (Ku zhi Pi)
Lianshan 786776 = hexagram 18.5 (Ku zhi Sun)
A few commentaries to the translation:
Line 1: "the prior" means Gun, the father of Qi, the first Xia Dynasty king.
Line 1: "the Earth of Heaven" means the "Son of Heaven"
Line 5: "We" was one of four ways, that a "Son of Heaven" spoke to his subordinates.
Line 6: "dam burst" relates to Gun, who was executed because his faileure taming the flood.
Line 8: The existent state means "the Zhou state".
Line 9: "the great four" are four ways, that a "Son of Heaven" spoke to his subordinates.
Line 11: "The rules of speaking" are "the great four".