Ratio (eight hexagrams)

- the unity of knowledge

[text]

(he he) than (1) :.The original divinatory (2); and yuan zhen, no blame.Don't NingFang (3), after a fierce (4).

People: first, is (5).No blame.Will not help with fu, (6).To have it (7), ji.

LiuEr: than the inside (8), zhen ji.

June 3rd: (9) than the bandits.

June 4: outside than (10), zhen ji.

Zhou: show than (11).The king used the three displacement (12), before the birds.Cities are not commandments (13), ji.

On 6: than without first (14), fierce.

【 notes 】

(1) than is the hexagrams title.Compared to the original meaning is close, in the eight diagrams to polysemy.Due to "than" the word several times, the hexagrams used it to make headlines.The main content of the hexagrams about interaction and unity.

(2) the original divinatory:; divinatory,; refers to three people at the same time asked for another.

(3) no NingFang: no peaceful land, the land of surrender.

(4) : after governors for being late.

(5) : close, calm.

(6) help (fou) : made of baked clay.Surplus help: fill JiuFan with made of baked clay.

The end (7) : even though.Have it: change, surprise.

(8) : unity.From within: its own internal.

(9) : cronyism.Those criminals: no decent people.

(10) : external, foreign.

Show: (11), said here.

(12) with three drive wang: king hunting let guard around from three sides after the drive to the middle in order to hunt prey.

(13) commandment: used as "warning", frightened.

(14) than that one.Without first: there is no mind, no core.

[translation]

Than the hexagrams: geely.Three people ask for another at the same time, ask for good or ill luck, no evil.Do not want to submit to the nations, reluctant to governors should be punished.

People: caught captive to reassure them.No evil.Caught captive, dine and wine them.If any change, as a result, geely.

LiuEr: its own internal unity, zhen trillion cobolli gigli June 3rd: cronyism and decent people.

June: alliance with foreign goodwill, zhen trillion auspicious.

Zhou: broad goodwill.Kings hunting surrounded on three sides, with the left side only make prey to flee away.In the city and the people without horror, geely.On six: little people conflict with each other and cannot unite as one, inauspicious.

"Reading"

About theThe warAnd then to unity, diplomacy.The ancients really smart, know the real meaning of "carrot and stick".To the king and all the people, bound to seize the moment and properly use both hard and soft, not make enemies all around, push yourself to the crater, also will not blindly goodwill is not backed by strength compromise.

Unity and diplomacy is also an university asked.Up and down or so, outside the circle of inner ring, domestic countries, north and south, east and west, are built into the line of sight.To the weak, for its backing.To rebel, three sides eventually encircle, give a way out.For the strong, humble and not dishonor.To a gentleman, polite, saying no.Threat to, California.A large wrist, drivable and sex is very strong, can draw lessons from the historical experience of not a few, anyway, to improvise, flexible, since the, adjust measures to local conditions, they intend, can be in an impregnable position.

Within the four seas all men are brothers, wheresoever and soil.To unity, diplomatic, please don't forget to the moral standards.