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Kan
Kan gives
the intimation of ease and development. When (the time of) movement
(which it indicates) comes, (the subject of the hexagram) will be found
looking out with apprehension, and yet smiling and talking cheerfully.
When the movement (like a crash of thunder) terrifies all within a hundred
li, he will be (like the sincere worshipper) who is not (startled into)
letting go his ladle and (cup of) sacrificial spirits.
1. The
first NINE, undivided, shows its subject, when the movement approaches,
looking out and around with apprehension, and afterwards smiling and
talking cheerfully. There will be good fortune.
2. The
second six, divided, shows its subject, when the movement approaches,
in a position of peril. He judges it better to let go the articles (in
his possession), and to ascend a very lofty height. There is no occasion
for him to pursue after (the things he has let go); in seven days he
will find them.
The third
six, divided, shows its subject distraught amid the startling movements
going on. If those movements excite him to (right) action, there will
be no mistake.
4. The
fourth NINE, undivided, shows its subject, amid the startling movements,
supinely sinking (deeper) in the mud.
5. The
fifth six, divided, shows its subject going and coming amidst the startling
movements (of the time), and always in peril; but perhaps he will not
incur loss, and find business (which he can accomplish).
6. The
topmost six, divided, shows its subject, amidst the startling movements
(of the time), in breathless dismay and looking round him with trembling
apprehension. If he take action, there will be evil. If, while the startling
movements have not reached his own person and his neighborhood, (he
were to take precautions), there would be no error, though his relatives
might (still) speak against him. |
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