Volume 4: A Brief Discussion on Zhou Yi's Sleepy Hexagram (Kanxia to Shang)

Sleepy, Heng; Zhen, the adult is auspicious, and there is no blame; There is no belief in words.

"Yi" said: Sleepy, just right. It is dangerous to say, sleepy without losing what it holds, and it is only a gentleman? Zhen, "Adult Ji", to just in the middle also. "If you don't believe it", Shangkou is poor.

Interpretation: Hardship is a time of poverty and no retreat. 揜yan, with the mask. The next hexagram is more yin and less yang hexagram; The upper hexagram is more yang and less yin is the yin hexagram, symbolizing that the yang is covered by the yin. The ninety-two yang lines are covered by the yin lines of the sixth and sixth three days of the first month; The yang of the ninety-third and ninety-fourth is also covered by the yin of the upper sixth, symbolizing that the gentleman is poor by the villain, so it is called the sleepy hexagram. From the point of view of the physical image, the water is waterless, the water is stopped, the water is stored, the water is drained by the flowing water and is trapped, and the trap will become dry.

When you are in trouble, the lower hexagram is dangerous, and the upper hexagram is happy, symbolizing that you are trapped in poverty, still enjoy yourself, can stick to your own principles, implement your own ideals, and thus prosper. In the middle of the second or fifth gang, there are adult elephants, and they are trapped in Daoheng, and they can't be adults.

Trapped in the upper hexagram to redeem words, the lower hexagram is out of position for unbelief, and the time of being trapped is not still believing.

"Elephant" said: Ze has no water, sleepy; The gentleman is fatal.

Interpretation: So, the meaning of realization, completion. To, Commissariat. Fatal refers to the arrangement of all life and death entrusted to the destiny of heaven. The water flows underneath, and the water is dry and sleepy. When a gentleman is in poverty, he should entrust all life and death to the destiny of heaven, put it out of the way, strengthen his ambitions, and realize lofty ideals.

In the sixth year of junior high school, the buttocks are trapped in the trees, and the valley is not in the valley, and the three years old are not ugly.

"Elephant" said: Into the valley, the secluded is unknown.

Interpretation: 觌di, see. Those who can't walk and sit in the trap on the sixth day of the first month, so there is a hip elephant. Trees, trees that cannot be sitting. The buttocks are trapped in the tree, and the fingers are not high; There is a dark and unknown valley, and it is not easy to refer to the low. The three-year-old is not a child, and the three-year-old said that he has been trapped for a long time, and he does not say that he has no chance to show his head. There is a word "fierce" after this epigram in the "Silk Book", which shows that the sixth year of junior high school is in a very dangerous situation, and there is almost no possibility of getting out of the predicament.

Ninety-two, trapped in wine and food, Zhu Fu came and used Heng Xi; Murder, no blame.

"Elephant" said: Trapped in wine and food, there is a celebration.

Interpretation: Trapped in alcohol and food, it means that you can't make meritorious contributions, and you can only enjoy relatively preferential treatment. Zhu Fu Fu, the sacrificial clothes of the Son of Heaven. Ninety-five to ninety-two for Zhu Fufang. Ninety-two and ninety-five should not, so use Heng ritual. can only do something vain for the Son of Heaven without fault; If you go out of the mountains to do things with real power, it is dangerous. There is a celebration, which means that ninety-two has the virtue of just in the middle, so the celebration will eventually come.

Sixty-three, trapped in the stone, according to the tribulus terrestris, entered its palace, did not see his wife, fierce.

"Elephant" said: According to tribulus terrestris, take the gang also; Entering his palace, he did not see his wife, and it was ominous.

Interpretation: 63 wants to move forward but is blocked by a boulder 94, and he is unable to break through; Backwards, there are also ninety-two broken like thistles, which are difficult to stabilize; As a last resort, I turned home and couldn't see my wife again. The wife refers to the corresponding upper six; But Liusan and Shangliu are both yin, and the same sex repels each other, and they can't find a place to live after all, so it's dangerous.

Ninety-four, come slowly, trapped in the golden car, stingy, there is an end.

"Elephant" said: Come slowly, the ambition is also down, although it is not in the right position, there is also a place.

Interpretation: Ninety-four is for the princes, and they have to take the golden car. Trapped in the bumpy dan, trapped in the body, and trapped in the rich, it is trapped in the heart. Ninety-four corresponds to the sixth day of the first month, the sixth day of the first month is trapped in a deep valley, and the ninth fourth is rescued. However, the position of 94 was not correct and the strength was insufficient, so that there were difficulties on the way, and the rescue operation was slow, so it had to move slowly, but it was able to achieve its goal in the end.

Ninety-five, slashing, trapped in the red silk; Nai Xu said, use the sacrifice.

"Elephant" said: Slashes, ambitions have not been obtained; Nai Xu said, with the middle straight, use the sacrifice, and be blessed.

Interpretation: 劓yi, the punishment of shaving the nose. 刖yue, the punishment of amputation. Slashing refers to the punishment of punishment to rule over the people. Xu, gradually. The use of sacrifice refers to the use of morality to govern the people. Although the Ninth Five-Year Plan is in a prestigious position and it is difficult to apply for aspirations, it is not good to govern the people through punishment, so it is better to use the virtue of neutrality to follow the good path and use the power of morality to educate the people, so that they can obtain blessings and get out of difficulties.

On the sixth, trapped in the kudzu root, in the sting, said to repent, regret, auspicious.

"Elephant" said: Trapped in kudzu, not deserved; There are regrets and regrets, and auspicious deeds are also.

Interpretation: Kudzu lei, vine-tangled grass. 臲卼niewu, shaken and uneasy. Shangliu and Liusan cannot correspond, and Liusan is not in the right position, and Shangliu is also like being entangled by kudzu, unable to break free, and falling into a dangerous place of shaking and uneasiness. At this time, there are regrets at every turn, and there are regrets when you don't move, so it is better to change the predicament through action to get auspicious.