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L'ouverture et l'accessibilité apportent le succès. Accueillez les autres avec sincérité et un leadership attentif. Saisissez les opportunités avec confiance tout en reconnaissant la nature temporaire de l'influence.
↓ Line 2
Une coopération harmonieuse avec les autres apporte bonne fortune et progrès.
↓ Line 3
La complaisance peut mener à la stagnation. La conscience et la réflexion peuvent prévenir le blâme.
↓ Line 4
Une approche complète et sincère mène au succès sans reproche.
↓ Abondance55
L'abondance et la prospérité vous entourent, mais veillez à ne pas les laisser mener à l'arrogance ou à la distraction. Restez concentré et authentique dans le moment présent pour tirer le meilleur parti de vos opportunités.
19 Approche
Other titles: The Symbol of Advance and Arrival, Nearing, Overseeing, Condescension, Getting Ahead, Promotion, Conduct, Drawing Near, Becoming Great, The Forest, Advance, Advancing, "Two people advancing together; or a good influence which hasn't been seen or felt for some time, is approaching." -- D.F. Hook
Judgment
Legge: Approach means successful progress through firm correctness. In the eighth month there will be evil.
Wilhelm/Baynes : Approach has supreme success. Perseverance furthers. When the eighth month comes, there will be misfortune.
Blofeld:Approach.Sublime success! Righteous persistence brings reward. However, when the eighth month is reached, misfortune will befall. [The eighth moon of the lunar calendar corresponds approximately to September.]
Liu: Approach. Great Success. It is of benefit to continue. When the eighth month arrives, then there will be misfortune.
Ritsema/Karcher: Nearing, Spring Growing Harvesting Trial. Culminating tending-towards the eighth moon: possessing a pitfall. [This hexagram describes your situation in terms of approaching and being approached. It emphasizes that acting without immediately expecting to attain what you desire is the adequate way to handle it...]
Shaughnessy: The Forest: Prime receipt; beneficial to determine; arriving at the eighth month there is inauspiciousness.
Cleary (1):Overseeing is creative and developmental, beneficial if correct. In the eighth month there is misfortune.
Cleary (2):Overseeing is very successful, beneficial if correct. If you go on until the eighth month, there will be misfortune. [If you ride on the momentum of the time and do not know to turn back, at a certain point deterioration will inevitably set in, after flourishing has reached its climax, and there will surely be misfortune.]
Wu:Condescension is great, pervasive, and persevering, etc. [Condescension as used in several judgments has two meanings: to condescend (or to look down from a higher position) and to press forward with authority.]
Hua-Ching Ni: Advance. It is beneficial to go forward with a positive attitude, but be mindful of the cyclical nature of things.
The Image
Legge: The earth over a marsh -- the image of Approach. The superior man is inexhaustible in his instruction and unflagging in his nourishing support of the people.
Wilhelm/Baynes: The earth above the lake: the image of Approach. Thus the superior man is inexhaustible in his will to teach, and without limits in his tolerance and protection of the people.
Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes land rising above a marsh. The Superior Man's teaching and his affection for his juniors are inexhaustible. Nothing hinders him in his care for the people. [The lower component trigram suggests the nourishment which the Superior Man gives joyfully to others. The upper trigram symbolizes the great bulk of those who benefit.]
Liu: The earth above the lake symbolizes Approach. The superior man's will for instruction has no limit. He is boundless in his support and protection of the people.
Ritsema/Karcher: Above marsh possessing earth. Nearing. A chun tzu uses teaching to ponder without exhausting. [A chun tzu uses] tolerating to protect the commoners without delimiting.
Cleary (1): Above the lake there is earth, overseeing. Superior people use
inexhaustibility of education and thought to embrace and protect the people without bound.
Wu: There is ground above the marsh; this is Condescension. Thus the jun zi realizes that there is no limit to the ideas of education and there is no boundary in the protection of people.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: In Approach we see the dynamic lines gradually increasing and advancing. The lower trigram is the symbol of Being Pleased, and the upper of Being Compliant. The strong line is in the central position, and is properly responded to. It is the way of heaven to bring progress and success through firm correctness, however the advancing power will decay after no long time.
Legge: Approach suggests the approach of authority -- to inspect, to comfort or to rule. The figure shows two dynamic lines advancing on the four magnetic lines above them. Their action will be powerful and successful, but it must be governed by rectitude and a caution that understands the nature of continuous change.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Judgment: Two steps forward are followed by one step backward.
The Superior Man remains true to the Work regardless of fluctuations within the psyche.
The meaning of Approach is derived from the two dynamic lines advancing from below to encounter the magnetic lines above. These two are firm allies, and the action of the superior man in the Image suggests that their ascent is one of benevolent regard for the welfare of their subordinates -- only the third line need change for the hexagram to become number eleven, Harmony. We are reminded of the proper relationship between the ego and the Self -- when they advance together, the magnetic forces in the rest of the psyche are eventually transformed.
This hexagram recognizes the inevitably slow progress of the Work (" Rome wasn't built in a day"), and that advances are always followed by retreats. The point is that if one maintains the will to advance, one can be confident that the Work is advancing, regardless of appearances.
(Confucius) tried his best, but the issue he left to Ming. Ming is often translated as Fate, Destiny or Decree. To Confucius, it meant the Decree of Heaven or Will of Heaven ... Thus to know Ming means to acknowledge the inevitability of the world as it exists, and so to disregard one's external success or failure. If we can act in this way, we can, in a sense, never fail. For if we do our duty that duty through our very act is morally done, regardless of the external success or failure of our action. Fung Yu-Lan -- A Short History of Chinese Philosophy
Without changing lines, the hexagram suggests a progressive advance in the matter at hand. Nature being what it is however, no advance can be sustained indefinitely and an eventual regression can be expected. (This observation is such a truism that we must assume it is more than usually applicable to the current situation.)
Line 2
Legge: The second line, dynamic, shows its subject advancing in company with the subject of the first line. There will be good fortune; advancing will be in every way advantageous.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Joint approach. Good fortune. Everything furthers.
Blofeld: All approach -- good fortune! Nothing is unfavorable. [All approach can be taken to mean that all things desirable are converging upon us.]
Liu: To approach with sincerity brings good fortune. It is beneficial for everything.
Ritsema/Karcher: Conjunction Nearing: significant. Without not Harvesting.
Shaughnessy: Prohibited forest; auspicious; there is nothing not beneficial.
Cleary (2): Sensitive overseeing is good, beneficial all around. [The second yang is also in the momentum of gradually increasing strength, but at this point it is best to keep still and not ride on the momentum to try to advance; then it will be good and beneficial all around.]
Wu: Pressing forward with a companion will be auspicious. Everything will be advantageous.
Hua-Ching Ni: Impartial advance without prejudice continues…
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: This is because those to whom the advance is made are not yet obedient to the ordinances of heaven. Wilhelm/Baynes: One need not yield to fate. Blofeld: This indicates that there is nevertheless some disobedience. Ritsema/Karcher: Not-yet yielding-to fate indeed. Cleary (2): This is addressed to those who are not yet in harmony with the universal order. Wu: There are still those who do not obey the ordinances of heaven. [Since prosperity of the yang is considered a good omen and meets the approval of heaven, presence of the four yin in the yang’s path of advance is indicative of disobeying the ordinances of heaven.]
Legge: Line two is dynamic, but in a magnetic place. This is counterbalanced by the central position and the proper correlate in line five.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: People who are not obedient to the ways of heaven are induced to follow the steadfast man in a high position. The future will be advantageous in every way.
Wing: What you propose to do wins sympathy and support from higher forces. So correct are your ideals that you can overcome even inherent difficulties. The future is bright indeed.
Editor: The differences in meaning between lines one and two are extremely slight in English translation. Cleary’s Buddhist commentary on the line suggests the idea of controlling the momentum of an otherwise favorable action. (See also his commentary on the Judgment.) Wu’s note on the Confucian commentary shows line two in immediate contact with four yin lines, interpreted here as recalcitrant forces. On another tack, if we take Ritsema/Karcher's version of "Conjunction Nearing: significant...” literally, we can imagine two possible approaching syntheses (line 1 and line 2), one of which may be more auspicious than the other. Only the context of your query can provide a plausible interpretation of these very different readings.
If Jung's method is used in the analysis, the change initiated by the conflict proceeds under the guidance of the individual's own unconscious. The analyst does not assume that he knows the answer to the problem but sets out with his patient to explore the unconscious and seek the solution. He is necessary to the proceeding because he has a technique for interpreting the obscure unconscious material thrown up in the dreams and fantasies; also, he is needed as a fixed point to which the patient can cling during the transition, when all values are under question and all landmarks may disappear. M. E. Harding -- Psychic Energy
A. An approaching conjunction of forces (or obvious choices) will nullify an adverse bias in the situation.
B. An alliance for progress furthers the Work.
C. Ego and Self administer the psyche.
Line 3
Legge: The third line, magnetic, shows one well pleased indeed to advance, but whose action will be in no way advantageous. If she becomes anxious about it however, there will be no error.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Comfortable approach. Nothing that would further. If one is induced to grieve over it, one becomes free of blame.
Blofeld: A willing approach, but there is nowhere towards which it would be advantageous to set out. Feeling regret on that account involves no error.
Liu: Cheerful approach does not benefit further. If one fears regret, no blame.
Ritsema/Karcher: Sweetness Nearing. Without direction: Harvesting. Already grieving-over it: Without fault.
Shaughnessy: Sweet forest; there is no place beneficial; having been saddened by it, there is no trouble.
Cleary (1): Presumptuous overseeing is of no benefit. If one is troubled over this, there is no blame.
Cleary (2): … but if you trouble over it, there will be no blame.
Wu: Condescending for flaunting purposes has nothing to gain. If he is concerned of his behavior, he will make no error.
Hua-Ching Ni: Easy advancement. If one abuses one’s position, there will be trouble in the long run. If this tendency is corrected immediately, there will be no blame.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: She shows herself well pleased to advance, but her position is not that appropriate to her. If she become anxious about it her error will not be continued. Wilhelm/Baynes: The place is not the appropriate one. A fault that induces grief no longer exists. Blofeld: The foregoing is indicated by the unsuitable position of this line. However, if we grieve for it, we shall not be involved in error for long. [At present, there is no goal or destination towards which it would be profitable to move; however, if we sincerely regret this, it will not be long before we emerge from the rut.] Ritsema/Karcher: Situation not appropriate indeed. Fault not long-living indeed. Cleary (2): Once you trouble over it, blame will not last long. Wu: He is out of place. His error will be temporary.
Legge: Line three is magnetic, neither central nor in her correct position, and therefore her action will not be advantageous. Being at the top of the lower trigram of Pleased Satisfaction, she is well pleased to advance. Anxious reflection will save her from error.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man gains power, influence, and comfort. There is danger of relation and carelessness in dealing with others. But if he becomes apprehensive about his actions, he will not continue in his error and will avoid troubles.
Wing: An easy Promotion is possible now. This might lead to a careless attitude on your part. There is danger in such overconfidence. If you are quick to recognize the need for continuous caution, however, you can avoid mistakes that would otherwise harm you.
Editor: The image depicts a case in which one’s powers are not equal to the challenge. Ritsema/Karcher translate Without direction: Harvesting as: “No plan or direction is advantageous; in order to take advantage of the situation, do not impose a direction on events.” That is, success demands that you refrain from action or drop the subject of inquiry. Their rendition of: Grieving-over it means: “Sorrow, melancholy; mourn; anxious, careworn; hidden sorrow…heart-sick and anxious.” One can receive this line under conditions of deep grief, wherein (as in any line of the I Ching), extremely subtle insights often transcend an exact paraphrase.
Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. Psalms 127: 1
A. Whether simplistic, overconfident, or just naive, your assumptions in the matter at hand are incorrect. Do not act on them.
B. Desire for something to be true doesn't make it true. Correct your viewpoint. If sorrow is involved, accept it as your teacher.
C. Unwarranted overconfidence. Nothing can be done now.
D. There are no free rides -- wake up and serve the Work.
Line 4
Legge: The fourth line, magnetic, shows one advancing in the highest mode.
There will be no error.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Complete approach. No blame.
Blofeld: A perfect approach -- no error!
Liu: Complete approach brings no blame.
Ritsema/Karcher: Culmination Nearing. Without fault.
Shaughnessy: Arriving at the forest; there is no trouble.
Cleary (1): Consummate overseeing is blameless. [Being weak yet preserving rectitude, refining oneself and mastering the mind, thereby awaiting the newborn positive energy, is called consummate overseeing. Watching over the quintessential, when the great medicine appears one naturally does not make the mistake of missing it.]
Cleary (2): Consummate overseeing is impeccable. [In Buddhist terms, this represents using correct concentration corresponding to correct insight.]
Wu: Condescending at the right place is without blame.
Hua-Ching Ni: Correct advancement. No fault.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: This is due to the various appropriateness of the position. Wilhelm/Baynes: For the place is the appropriate one. Blofeld: This is indicated by the suitable position of this line. Ritsema/Karcher: Situation appropriate indeed. Cleary (2): In the right place. Wu: His position is proper.
Legge: Line four, though magnetic, is in her proper place and has for her correlate the dynamic first line. Hence her advance is in the highest style.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man advances to a high place because of the appropriateness of his ideas and behavior and the open-mindedness of a person of high rank who draws men of competence into service.
Wing: Your Promotion is well executed. Regardless of any difficulties you may encounter in assuming your new position, your behavior is so appropriate that you can continue successfully on your way.
Editor: The image suggests that the conscious attitude is in accordance with the aims and goals of the Work. Depending on the context of your query, some kind of fruition is indicated: something is concluding as fated or willed.
But, O my friend, if this be true, there is great reason to hope that, going whither I go, when I have come to the end of my journey, I shall attain that which has been the pursuit of my life. And therefore I go on my way rejoicing, and not I only, but every other man who believes that his mind has been made ready and that he is in a manner purified. Plato -- Phaedo
A. The Work is progressing as it should. It's all coming together now.
55 Abondance
Autres titres : Abondance, Plénitude, Le Symbole de la Prospérité, Grandeur, Abondant, Richesse, Prolifique, Fécond, Luxuriant, Zénith, Affluence, Action Correcte, Comportement Lucide, "Signifie généralement que l'on aura assez pour ses besoins avec un peu plus. Ne signifie pas une grande richesse en règle générale." -- D.F. Hook
Jugement
Legge: Expansion de la Conscience signifie progrès et développement. Quand le roi est éclairé, il n'y a pas besoin de craindre un changement. Qu'il soit comme le soleil à midi.
Wilhelm/Baynes:Abondance a du succès. Le roi atteint l'abondance. Ne sois pas triste. Sois comme le soleil à midi.
Blofeld:Abondance -- succès ! Le roi les inspire. Ne sois pas triste ; il convient d'être comme le soleil à son zénith. [L'abondance en elle-même est souvent bonne ; mais elle est généralement suivie par le déclin de ce qui était abondant ; de plus, comme nous le verrons, il peut y avoir une abondance de ténèbres, ou de toute autre chose désagréable. (Le Jugement lui-même) peut être pris comme un présage favorable.]
Liu: Grandeur. Succès. Le roi atteint la grandeur, sans tristesse ; il devrait être comme le soleil à midi.
Ritsema/Karcher:Abondant, Croissant. Le roi l'imaginant. Pas de chagrin. Proprement centré sur le soleil. [Cet hexagramme décrit votre situation en termes de profusion et d'abondance atteignant leur apogée. Il souligne que l'augmentation exubérante des choses à leur maximum est la manière adéquate de la gérer...]
Shaughnessy: Abondance: Réception ; le roi s'en approche ; ne sois pas triste. C'est approprié pour le milieu de la journée.
Cleary (1): Richesse est développementale. Absence de souci quand le roi est grand est adapté à midi.
Cleary (2):Richesse est succès ; un roi atteint cela. Ne t'inquiète pas. Profite du soleil à midi.
Wu: Un roi sage atteindra l'abondance. Il n'y a pas besoin de s'inquiéter, car il connaît l'opportunité d'observer le soleil de midi.
L'Image
Legge: L'homme supérieur, en accord avec cela, décide des cas de litige et répartit les punitions avec exactitude.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Le tonnerre et l'éclair viennent ensemble : l'image de l'Abondance. Ainsi l'homme supérieur décide des procès et exécute les punitions.
Blofeld: Cet hexagramme symbolise le tonnerre et l'éclair se produisant simultanément. L'Homme Supérieur décide des procès et inflige les pénalités nécessaires.
Liu: Le tonnerre et l'éclair venant ensemble symbolisent la Grandeur. L'homme supérieur juge les procès et impose les punitions.
Ritsema/Karcher: Tonnerre, éclair, culminant ensemble. Abondant. Un chun tzu utilise la séparation des litiges pour impliquer la punition.
Cleary (1): Le tonnerre et l'éclair arrivent tous deux, abondant. Ainsi les personnes supérieures rendent jugement et exécutent la punition.
Cleary (2): Le tonnerre et l'éclair viennent tous deux en richesse. Ainsi les leaders rendent des jugements et exécutent des punitions.
Wu: Le tonnerre et l'éclair viennent ensemble ; c'est l'Abondance. Ainsi le jun zi rend les verdicts et applique les punitions.
COMMENTAIRE
Confucius/Legge: La grandeur de l'Expansion de la Conscience est due au Mouvement dirigé par la Clarté. Bien que le roi ait atteint cet état, il doit encore le rendre plus grand. Mais il n'y a pas besoin d'anxiété -- qu'il soit comme le soleil à midi : que sa clarté brille sur tout sous le ciel. Dès que le soleil et la lune atteignent le zénith, leur lumière commence à décliner. L'interaction du ciel et de la terre alterne entre abondance et rareté. Elle croît et décroît selon les saisons. Combien plus encore avec les hommes ou les forces spirituelles ! [Ritsema/Karcher traduisent "forces spirituelles" [Kuei Shen] par : "L'ensemble des êtres imaginaires à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur de l'individu ; pouvoirs spirituels, dieux, démons, fantômes, pouvoirs, fétiches." -- Ed.]
Legge: Le caractère chinois écrit désignant l'Expansion de la Conscience est le symbole d'être grand et abondant -- une condition de prospérité. Dans les affaires humaines, la prospérité cède souvent la place à son opposé. La leçon de l'hexagramme est de montrer comment le dirigeant peut préserver la prospérité de son état et de son peuple. Les trigrammes composants montrent la Force Motrice sous la direction de l'Intelligence. Un dirigeant avec ces attributs ne manquera pas de maintenir le progrès et le développement de son royaume. Il est conseillé de ne pas être anxieux, mais d'étudier comment il peut toujours être comme le soleil à son zénith, réchauffant et éclairant tout.
Il faut noter qu'un changement a été introduit dans cet hexagramme en expliquant le symbolisme des lignes. Normalement, pour que deux lignes aient une relation correcte, l'une doit être féminine (magnétique) et l'autre masculine (dynamique). Ici, deux lignes masculines dynamiques établissent une corrélation appropriée dans les premier et quatrième emplacements.
Dans l'Image, l'éclair apparaît comme le phénomène naturel dont la Clarté est le symbole dans le trigramme inférieur. Les vertus de Clarté et de Mouvement sont requises de l'homme supérieur dans le jugement des litiges.
NOTES ET PARAPHRASES
Jugement: Ne sois pas triste quand la vérité blesse : une perte d'illusion est un gain de conscience. Une fois véritablement atteinte, l'illumination ne peut être perdue, elle ne peut qu'être augmentée.
L'Homme Supérieur agit avec clarté en évaluant avec précision la cause et l'effet. [Ou : L'évaluation objective de toute contradiction est la voie pour la comprendre.]
Le cinquante-cinquième hexagramme est très intrigant car il semble avoir un titre trompeur dans le chinois original, qui est généralement traduit par Abondance, Plénitude, Prospérité, etc. Tous les indices internes, plus l'expérience empirique avec la figure, m'ont convaincu que le titre Expansion de la Conscience est une description plus précise des forces opérant dans cet hexagramme. Voici mon raisonnement :
Premièrement, les trigrammes composants de Clarté et de Mouvement dépeignent une action dirigée par une compréhension claire, ainsi que la conscience elle-même en mouvement ou en expansion. Le titre d'Abondance semble trompeur car il suggère une condition relativement statique, alors que les trigrammes combinés dans la figure symbolisent le Mouvement Clair. Ces trigrammes apparaissent en séquence inverse dans l'hexagramme numéro vingt-et-un, Discernement, qui symbolise l'acte de comprendre -- une fonction dynamique de la conscience décrite dans l'Image ici comme une quête de justice : "Ainsi l'homme supérieur décide des procès et exécute les punitions." (Wilhelm) Remarquez aussi que le message pour l'homme supérieur dans cette Image est presque identique à celui dans Discernement:"Ainsi les rois des temps anciens ont rendu les lois fermes par des pénalités clairement définies." (Wilhelm) Les anciens rois peuvent toujours être pris comme symboliques des forces archétypales (les "dieux"), donc leurs lois sont celles de la nature, non de l'humanité. Interprété largement, les deux messages nous conseillent : "Comprenez la loi du Tao, ou subissez les pénalités de l'ignorance." Ce qui veut dire : "élargissez votre conscience."
Deuxièmement, notez le message dans le Jugement. La plupart des traducteurs rendent cela en comparant le roi au sommet de son pouvoir avec le soleil au sommet de son illumination à midi. Le soleil est le symbole de la clarté et de l'illumination, et le soleil à son zénith symbolise donc un point culminant de conscience.
Troisièmement, remarquez que les lignes deux, trois et quatre décrivent une éclipse du soleil à travers ses phases croissante, pleine et décroissante. Cela suggère l'ignorance évoluant progressivement vers la compréhension, qui est finalement atteinte à la ligne cinq. La progression dans l'hexagramme va de l'ignorance à la clarté, et ensuite à la ligne six, l'ignorance dans la clarté -- c'est-à-dire, une image de quelqu'un qui reste obtus tout en étant entouré par la lumière de l'illumination.
Quatrièmement, les trigrammes combinés de choc et de lumière (tonnerre et éclair) suggèrent une illumination soudaine et numineuse : le genre d'éveil (expansion de la conscience) décrit par les Yogis :
Soudainement, avec un rugissement comme celui d'une cascade, j'ai senti un flot de lumière liquide entrer dans mon cerveau par la moelle épinière ... L'illumination devenait de plus en plus brillante, le rugissement plus fort, j'ai ressenti une sensation de balancement et puis je me suis senti glisser hors de mon corps, entièrement enveloppé dans un halo de lumière ... Je n'étais plus moi-même, ou pour être plus précis, je n'étais plus comme je me connaissais, un petit point de conscience confiné dans un corps, mais j'étais au contraire un vaste cercle de conscience dans lequel le corps n'était qu'un point, baigné de lumière et dans un état d'exaltation et de bonheur impossible à décrire. Gopi Krishna --Kundalini, l'Énergie Évolutionnaire chez l'Homme
Il est possible que le caractère écrit traduit en anglais par Abondance ait ces associations en chinois. Malheureusement, le titre d'Abondance lui-même ne suggère pas immédiatement dans la langue anglaise les idées qui sont intégrales dans le symbolisme de l'hexagramme.