Divorcement is the hexagram of the seventh month when the process of growth has ended and increasing decay may be expected. Legge: The form of Divorcementis the exact opposite of Harmony, and much of what has been said on the interpretation of that will apply to this. The lower trigram represents the advancing inferior men, the upper trigram represents the retreating superior men. The lower trigram consists of magnetic lines, and the upper of dynamic lines: darkness is within, clarity without weakness within, strength without. ![]() High and low, superior and inferior, do not meet in union, and there are no well- regulated states in the kingdom. Wu: … The jun zi practices the virtue of frugality to alleviate difficulties, but does not allow himself to be honored with official salary.Ĭonfucius/Legge: The unfavorable auspice of Divorcement is because heaven and earth are not in communication, and all things consequently fail to unite. The superior person therefore is parsimonious with power and avoids trouble, not susceptible to elevation by emolument.Ĭleary (2): … Leaders … should not prosper on wages. Ĭleary (1): When heaven and earth do not commune, there is obstruction. A chun tzu uses not permitting splendor to use benefits. A chun tzu uses parsimonious actualizing-tao to cast-out heaviness. Ritsema/Karcher: Heaven, earth, not mingling. The superior man restrains himself to avoid danger. Liu: Heaven and earth are not united, symbolizing stagnation. He declines all temptations of honor and riches. To conserve his stock of virtue, the Superior Man withdraws into himself and thus escapes from the evil influences around him. He does not permit himself to be honored with revenue.īlofeld: This hexagram symbolizes heaven and earth cut off from each other. Thus the superior man falls back upon his inner worth in order to escape the difficulties. Wilhelm/Baynes: Heaven and earth do not unite: the image of Standstill. The superior man preserves his virtue by withdrawing from evil, and refuses both honor and wealth. Legge: Heaven and earth are estranged - the image of Divorcement. The great goes out and the small comes in. It is not beneficial to the jun zi who takes a persevering stand. Wu: Stagnation is destined to cause obstruction of normal course of action. The great goes and the small comes.Ĭleary (2): … Does not make the leader’s correctness beneficial, etc. Shaughnessy: The wife's non-persons not beneficial for the gentleman to determine the great go, the little come.Ĭleary (1): Obstruction’s denial of humanity does not make the superior person’s rectitude beneficial. Ritsema/Karcher: Obstructing it, in-no-way people. The superior man carries on (according to his principles). ![]() Stagnation is of no benefit, although not of man's doing. The great and the good decline the mean approach. Although the omen portends ill for the Superior Man, he must not slacken his righteous persistence. ![]() The great departs the small approaches.īlofeld: Stagnation ( obstruction) caused by evil doers. Evil people do not further the perseverance of the superior man. The great has departed and the inferior has arrived. Legge: Divorcement means there is a lack of communication between the different classes of men. Bad prospects for marriage or partnership. Other titles: Standstill, The Symbol of Closing, Stagnation, Obstruction, The Wife, Obstructed, Decadence, Disjunction, Impasse, "Yin supporting yang which is wrong, they part company.
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