Volume 4: A Brief Discussion on Zhou Yi Jing Hexagram (Xun Xia Kanshang)
Wells, change the city without changing the well, no loss and no gain, go back and forth to the well; It is not a well, and it is a bottle, fierce.
"Elephant" said: Xun is like water and goes up to the water, well; Wells are nourished but not poor. "Change the city without changing the well", but just in the middle. "Rushing to, not the well", no merit. "Kill its bottle" is also fierce.
Interpretation: Change, migration. Going back and forth to the well refers to the repeated use of well water. 汔qi, the same as now. 繘ju, the rope that draws water from the well, is trained as "out". overturned, destroyed. Bottle, refers to the ancient water drawer. The ancients wore the ground to draw water, and drew it with bottles, which was called the well. The upper hexagram of the well is water, and the lower hexagram Xun is wood, and the bucket enters the well to draw water, so it symbolizes the well.
The well hexagram is the hexagram of cultivating virtue. Cities and villages may migrate, but wells cannot migrate; The well water is inexhaustible, the injection is not profitable, there is no loss, and the two are metaphors for the good virtue of the constant, and it has never changed. The inhabitants come and go, constantly drawing water for their livelihood, which is a metaphor for the endless nourishment of Jingde.
Ninety-two and ninety-five are constantly in the middle, as if the virtue of the well is unswerving, and it can nourish endlessly. If the water is drawn to the well and has not been used in time, the success of the well has not been completed, and the virtue of the Jews has not been objected, and the merit has not been achieved. The well rope has not yet left the wellhead, and the hook overturns the water bottle, which is a metaphor for the cultivation of virtue before it is completed, so it is fierce.
"Elephant" says: There is water on the wood, a well; The gentleman persuades the people with labor.
Interpretation: Phase, help. Well-building requires people to work together, cooperate and help each other in order to enjoy the benefits of wells. The gentleman observes this hexagram and the name of the hexagram, so as to persuade the people to help themselves when they are laboring.
On the sixth day of the first month, the well mud is not eaten, and the old well has no birds.
"Elephant" said: If the well mud is not eaten, it will also be lower; There are no birds in the old well, and there is no house.
Interpretation: The sixth yin and soft of the first month is a waste well, and it is given up by time. The bottom of the well is full of silt, not only people can't drink it, but even birds don't patronize it, and the way to feed the people is also useless.
Ninety-two, the well valley shoots the carp, and the urn leaks.
"Elephant" said: Shooting carp in the well valley is unmatched.
Interpretation: The valley of the well, the place where the well holds water. 鲋fu, small fish. Shooting a carp, that is, a game of shooting fish, is not a metaphor. The urn is leaky, which refers to the leakage of the container for drawing water, which is a metaphor for useless talents. Ninety-two is not correct, and it fails to be with ninety-five, just like the hole in the well contains clear water but is not used, and it is used as a fish shooting play in vain; It is also like a container for drawing water from a well, which is leaking, and cannot draw water.
Ninety-three, Jing Wei doesn't eat, feel sorry for me; You can draw it, Wang Ming, and be blessed by it.
"Elephant" said: Jing Wei does not eat, and he is compassionate; Ask Wang Ming to be blessed.
Interpretation: 渫, to remove the dirt. For, make. I, ninety-three call myself. Compassion, sorrow. The Nine Three Wells have been remediated, and the water of the well is so clear that no one drinks it, which makes my heart uneasy and painful, like a wise man in the wilderness. At this time, the wise king should promote and appoint these wise men, which is a blessing to both the king and the wise men. Compassion means that pedestrians feel sorry.
Six*four, well, no blame.
"Elephant" said: The well is not to blame, and the well is repaired.
Interpretation: 甃zhou, brick wall of the well. If the six * four wells are bad and can be repaired, there is no blame.
Ninety-five, wells, cold spring food.
"Elephant" said: 洌, refers to the clear and clean water. Cold springs, the beauty of springs. Cold, the nature of water. Spring, the water of the root. The well water that is as clear as a cold spring can be used by people, and the work of well cultivation is feasible.
On the sixth, the well is closed, and the curtain is not curtain; Youfu, Yuanji.
"Elephant" said: Yuanji is on top, and Dacheng is also.
Interpretation: Receive, receive. Don't do it, don't be good at it, don't take it for your own benefit. curtain, covered. The upper six manhole covers are open and not covered, anyone can come, let people use, the water supply is inexhaustible, there is trust in people, so it can get Dacheng, and it is auspicious.