Volume 4: A Brief Discussion on Zhou Yi's Swallowing Hexagram (Away from the Upper Shock and the Lower Shock)

Swallowing, Heng; Take advantage of the prison.

"Yi" said: There are things in the palace, and it is said to be devoured. Devouring and snorting, rigid and soft, moving and bright, thunder and lightning together. Soft and upward, although not in the right position, "use of prison" also.

Interpretation: devouring, biting; Sniff, the upper palate and lower palate are closed. Swallowing, biting the upper and lower palate, biting what is eaten. Chapter, manifest. The devouring hexagram is in the middle of the upper and lower palate, adding a yang line, which has become the image of biting and chewing. Everything cannot be prosperous, there must be obstacles in between; If you bite the obstacle in the middle, of course, you will prosper. In this way, it symbolizes the breaking of law enforcement and the eradication of unscrupulous elements who pose an obstacle.

The devouring hexagram comes from the negative hexagram, and the sixth and ninth five of the negation hexagram are interchangeable to form the devouring hexagram. The three yin and three masculine and soft hexagrams are divided and half each. The lower hexagram is moving, and the upper hexagram is clear from the fire. The power of the thunderous power and the light that can be seen are combined to shine brightly, symbolizing the necessary conditions for prison management. In the middle of the six-five, the soft position is rigid, although it is not in the position, but it is both rigid and soft, so it is conducive to law enforcement and prison breaking.

"Elephant" said: thunder and lightning, devouring; The first king punished the law with a clear punishment.

Interpretation: 饬, rectification. Thunder and lightning are symbols of the devouring hexagram. Thunder is a prestige, from the electricity can be clear to see the reason, the first king to observe this hexagram, strict punishment, the law is correct.

On the ninth day of the first month, the school was ruined, and there was no blame.

"Elephant" said: If the school is destroyed, it will not work.

Interpretation: 屦ju, shoes, with the meaning of foot wearing. School jiao, foot shackles, wooden torture instruments that bind the feet. Extinguish the well-being, limit the movement of the feet. The ninth day of the first month violated the criminal law, and it was too slight, so he was only punished with the punishment of wearing a suffocating weapon and restricting his movement.

Sixty-two, skin phagocytosis, nose extinguishment, no blame.

"Elephant" said: Eat the skin and extinguish the nose, and take the rigid.

Interpretation: skin, soft meat. extinguished, submerged. 62 The punishment is just and appropriate, and the punishment of the first nine masculine criminals is as easy as biting soft meat, and the punishment of cutting off his nose has a punitive effect, so he is not to blame.

63, eat bacon, encounter poison; Miserly, no blame.

"Elephant" said: In case of poison, the position is inappropriate.

Interpretation: bacon, sun-dried meat. Poisonous, strong in taste. Liusan is feminine, incorrect, indecisive, and cannot be just and appropriately carried out smoothly when applying punishment, just like biting into a hard and strong-tasting dried meat, which is not easy to swallow, and there will be small setbacks, but after biting and crushing, the obstacle can be removed, and there will be no blame in the end.

Ninety-four, devouring the dry gizzard, getting the golden arrow; Li Jianzhen, Ji.

"Elephant" said: Li is difficult and auspicious, and it is not light.

Interpretation: Dried bone-in pieces of flesh, a metaphor for a person who is difficult to torture. Kim, Gang; Arrow, straight. Jin Ya is a metaphor for those who are upright. When the punishment is applied on the 94th Massacre, it cannot be carried out smoothly, just like biting a piece of dried meat with bones, and touching it to the bone, it is difficult to bite, but it is masculine and upright like a golden stone, so it is conducive to being honest and self-righteous in the midst of difficulties and obtaining auspiciousness. Before the light, the ninety-fourth is in deep difficulty and the light is not visible.

Sixty-five, eat dried meat, get gold, chastity, no blame.

"Elephant" said: Chastity is not to blame, and it is appropriate.

Interpretation: Devouring dried meat is a metaphor for punishing those who do not accept it. Gold, a metaphor for the hardness and steadfastness of the human heart. The punishment cannot be carried out smoothly during the 65th period, like eating dry meat and not being able to swallow it, and it is necessary to stick to the right path with the quality of golden fortitude, although there is danger, but the problem is handled in a proper way and there is no blame in the end.

On the ninth, He Xiao extinguished his ears and was fierce.

"Elephant" said: He Xiao extinguishes his ears, and he is not clear.

Interpretation: Ho, with the load, load. school, the shackles on the wooden neck. For those who put the flail on the neck, they look up from the bottom and do not see the ears, so they say "extinguish the ears". Shangjiu is stubborn and self-serving, has intelligence and ignorance, has been repeatedly admonished and turned a deaf ear, indulges in lustful desires and restrains the murderer, and is shackled around his neck and severely punished, so there is a murderous disaster.