Book of Changes

Chapter 28 Yi Gua No.20 VII
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"Problem Solving"

The hexagram "Yi" is also called "Shanlei Yi".

"Yi" means nourishment.This hexagram has two yangs on the upper and lower sides, and four yins in the middle, which are like mouth images, so it is called "Yi".

"Xu Gua Zhuan" said: "The animals and animals can then be raised, so they are eaten." With savings and wealth, we must start to pay attention to the way of keeping in good health, so the hexagram "Yi" closely follows the hexagram "Da Hu". Come.

The hexagram "Yi" tells that the way to keep in good health is to control diet and desire.Thousands of years of practice have proved that these two are the most important aspects of health preservation, but they are too common and too "bitter" for oneself, so it is not easy to achieve. How blessed.

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"Yi": Zhenji.Guan Yi, ask for the truth.

Ninth day: Sheer turtle, watch me eat, fierce.

Sixty-two: Dian Yi, brushing the sutras in Qiu.Yi Zheng, fierce.

Six three: Fu Yi, chaste and fierce.Don't use it for ten years, no profit.

June [-]th: Dianyi, Ji.There is no blame for the tiger staring at it, and its desire to chase after it.

Sixth Five-Year: Brush the scriptures, live in Zhenji, and don't get involved in the big river.

Upper Nine: You Yi, Li, Auspicious, Li and Dachuan.

"Translation"

The hexagram "Yi" symbolizes nourishment: if you stick to the right way, you will get auspiciousness.To observe the way of taking care of yourself, the key is to make quantitative arrangements according to your actual needs (taste).

In the ninth line of the first day, abandoning one's own method of dieting and longevity, watching and imitating others' big feasts, is dangerous.

In the sixth and second line, if you want to have food, you have to open up wasteland on the hillside and farm.Conquering (robbing) others for livelihood is dangerous.

Sixth and third line, contrary to the way of taking care of oneself, for a long time, it is dangerous.The body may not recover for ten years, and nothing can be done.

Sixth and fourth lines, as long as you can get by, it's auspicious.Be highly alert to behaviors that are driven by desires, and there is no fault.

Sixth and fifth lines, clearing up wasteland and farming, living in peace, adhering to the righteous way, auspicious, not crossing great rivers for the time being.

Going up the Nine Lines, follow the way of taking care of yourself, strictly demanding yourself, auspicious, and conducive to crossing great rivers.

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"彖" said: "Yi", "Zhenji", if you raise it upright, you will be auspicious. "Looking at the Yi" means watching what it raises. "Self-seeking the truth", it can be seen that it is self-supporting.The heaven and the earth nourish all things, and the sages nourish the virtuous and the people. The time of "Yi" is great.

"Translation"

"Tuan Ci" says: The image of the hexagram "Yi", "Stick to the right way, you will get auspiciousness", which means that only following the right way can you be auspicious in parenting.The so-called "observing and emulating the way of nourishment" refers to observing what others are nourishing.The so-called "the focus is on the quantitative arrangement according to your actual needs (taste)" means that you should ask yourself in this way.Heaven and earth nourish all things, and sages nurture sages and common people.It is really important to master the tense of "care"!
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"Xiang" said: "There is thunder under the mountain, "Yi".A gentleman should be cautious in his speech and diet. "Watch me eat" is not expensive. "Six two, sign, fierce", behavior is out of category. "Don't use it for ten years" is a big contradiction. The "auspiciousness" of "Dianyi" is also Shang Shiguang. The "auspiciousness" of "juzhen" means obedience and obedience. "You Yi, Li, Ji" is a great celebration.

"Translation"

"Xiang Ci" says: There is a sound of thunder at the foot of the mountain, which is the image of the hexagram "Yi".From this, the gentleman realizes that he should be careful with his words and eat abstainingly.

(Ninth line of the first day) "Watching and imitating other people's big feasts" is really not a noble behavior.

"Liu Eryao, conquest (robbing others), dangerous" means that this kind of behavior will lose all friends (unjust and helpless).

(Six and three lines) "(The body may) not recover in ten years", which means that it deviates too far from the way of taking care of yourself.

([-]th line) The so-called "auspiciousness" in "it's enough to live well" means that the way of heaven (your lord) is very kind.

(Six and five lines) The so-called "auspiciousness" in "living in peace and keeping the right way" refers to following the way of taking care of yourself, that is, following the way of heaven (your lord).

(Upper Nine Lines) "Follow the way of taking care of yourself, be strict with yourself, auspicious", which means that there is great celebration waiting for him.

(End of this chapter)