Treatise on the Hexagrams taken promiscuously, according to the opposition or diversity of their meaning.
| 1, 2. |
Strength in Khien, weakness in Khwan we find. |
| 8, 7. |
Pi shows us joy, and Sze the anxious mind. |
| 19, 20. |
Lin gives, Kwan seeks;—such are the several themes
Their different figures were to teach designed. |
| 3. |
Kun manifests itself, yet keeps its place; |
| 4. |
'Mid darkness still, to light Mang sets its face. |
| 51, 52. |
Kan starts; Kan stops. |
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| 41, 42. |
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In Sun and Yi are seen |
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How fulness and decay their course begin. |
| 26. |
Ta Khu keeps still, and waits the proper time. |
| 25. |
Wu Wang sets forth how evil springs from crime. |
| 45, 46. |
Good men in Zhui collect; in Shang they rise: |
| 15, 16. |
Khien itself, Yu others doth despise. |
| 21, 22. |
Shih Ho takes eating for its theme; and Pi
Takes what is plain, from ornament quite free. |
| 58, 57. |
Tui shows its scope, but Sun's we do not see. |
| 17, 18. |
Sui quits the old; Ku makes a new decree. |
| 23. |
We see in Po its subject worn away; |
| 24. |
And Fu shows its recovering from decay. |
| 35. |
Above in Zin the sun shines clear and bright; |
| 36. |
But in Ming I 'tis hidden from the sight. |
| 48, 47. |
Progress in Zing in Khwan encounters blight. |
| 31. |
Effect quick answering cause in Hsien appears; |
| 32. |
While Hang denotes continuance for years. |
| 59, 60. |
Hwan scatters; but Zieh its code of rules uprears. |
| 40. |
Relief and ease with Kieh are sure to come; |
| 41. |
Hard toil and danger have in Kien their home. |
| 38. |
Khwei looks on others as beyond its care; |
| 37. |
Kia Zan all includes within its sphere. |
| 12, 11. |
While Phi and Thai their different scopes prefer, |
| 34, 33. |
Ta Kwang stops here as right; withdraws Thun there. |
| 14. |
Ta Yu adhering multitudes can show; |
| 13. |
Thung Zan reflects their warm affection's glow. |
| 50, 51. |
Ting takes what's new; the old is left by Ko. |
| 61, 62. |
Sincere is Kung Fu; but exceeds, Hsiao Kwo. |
| 55, 56. |
Fang tells of trouble; Lu can boast few friends. |
| 30, 29. |
Fire mounts in Li; water in Khan descends. |
| 9. |
Hsiao Khu with few 'gainst many foes contends. |
| 10. |
Movement in Li, unresting, never ends. |
| 5. |
Hsu shows its subject making no advance: |
| 6. |
In Sung we seek in vain a friendly glance; |
| 28. |
And Ta Kwo's overthrown with sad mischance. |
| 44. |
Kau shows a meeting, where the many strong
Are met by one that's weak, yet struggles long. |
| 53. |
In Kien we see a bride who will delay
To move until the bridegroom takes his way. |
| 27. |
Body and mind are nourished right in I; |
| 63. |
All things are well established in Ki Zi. |
| 54. |
Kwei Mei reveals how ends the virgin life; |
| 64. |
Wei Zi how fails the youth (to get a wife). |
| 43. |
The strong disperse the weak; Kwai teaches so.
Prospers the good man's way; to grief all small men go. |