Hexagram 36, Brightness Hiding, 33 year ago

[analogymaster]

33 years ago today, hundreds of thousands college students gathered at Tiananmen Square of Beijing to protest corruption and dictation under CCP’s governance. Most of them have not achieved high level of resources, social status, and expertise, but they are gathered for the same understanding and wish: People need freedom of holding and expressing different opinions against CCP, and CCP requires certain degree of other party’s supervision and regulation to resolve the issue of corruption.
The protest ends with army’s massive shooting to protesting crowd at Beijing, tens of thousands of people lost their life. This dark history has been prohibited to be viewed within the China, and according to my knowledge, there is no more protest large than 10,000 people happened in China ever since.
What does I Ching tells us?
Those that are luckily survived of June 4th, and those who want to protest against CCP may need some wisdom.

line1: perception
Perception of you would not be positively changed as the result of you standing for the protest, because CCP will define you as traitors supported by foreign forces, Negative.
Line2: resources
Your resources would not be positively changed as the result of you standing for the protest, nothing comes out as a benefit for you, because CCP doesn’t reward such action, and protesting organization does not have the resources to support protesters. Negative.
Line3: principle
Your principle would not be exaggerated as the result of you standing for the protest, because CCP always put their power at the first, anything that may cause them to lose power they will destroy it.
Negative.
Line4: consciousness
Your consciousness could, and and may change over time to the people around you, CCP may limited your freedom of speech, but they can’t control you 24/7.
Positive
Line5: fact
Fact that you will probably still end up living on the land of China at the rest of your life will not change, the boarder is so strong that you can not move your assets freely between the country.
Negative.
Line6: cognition
Your cognition will be improved after you have experienced the violence action of CCP and its governor. You may know more about the power, discipline, and political agenda CCP processes and your will against theirs, and how to live in such restricted and dangerous environment.
Positive.

Wisdom from I Ching:
‘Advancing necessarily has occasion for injury, and so Brightness Hidden follows; Brightness Hidden means injury.’

This suggests how in shining more brightly – either making yourself overly conspicuous, or burning the candle at both ends with ever-increasing expectations – the light can be wounded.

The Oracle says,

‘Brightness hidden.
Constancy in hardship bears fruit.’

You should aware that you are not able to change CCP and has to live with it until something really good happens to you.

 

[hilary]

Is this a reading you cast, or did you choose the hexagram to represent the moment?

 

[rosada]

According to Wikipedia the death toll was “hundreds to thousands” who lost their lives, but not “tens of thousands “ as reported here. Still horrible.

 

[analogymaster]

Is this a reading you cast, or did you choose the hexagram to represent the moment?

I used my own method to conclude, verify, and form this hexagram as a broad reflection of who has been through this event.

 

[analogymaster]

According to Wikipedia the death toll was “hundreds to thousands” who lost their lives, but not “tens of thousands “ as reported here. Still horrible.

I hope the number you said is exaggerated, one of my parents has been there at Tiananmen during that time, luckily enough, they have not been exposed or harmed. I sincerely hope those that has been there can stay out of trauma, and more importantly, I hope I-Ching’s wisdom could bring them positive attitude towards their life.