Well (hexagrams 48)

Water is the source of life

[text]

Xun candy) well under (1) : shaft (2) city don't change, no loss, well well.Qi to nor 蹫 Wells (3), the bottle (4) the fast-rising, fierce.

People: well don't eat mud (5).No birds old well (6).

Valley shoot Fu contenders: well (7).Urn our leakage (8).

Xie JiuSan: well don't eat (9), for my heart is extremely (10), bail is available.Wang Ming, and subject to the blessing.

June 4: well Zhou (11), no blame.

Zhou: well the palate cold spring (12) and food.

Six: well don't act (13).First, yuan ji.

【 notes 】

Is this the title of the hexagrams (1) well.Well field, Wells, pie.All content of the hexagrams in the account of the village labor and life.As in the title of the word "well" is see more words.

(2) the change of city: a change in the principality.Wells: mine, refers to the division of neat fields.

(3) qi (qi) : water dry up.To: used as "smothering", meaning is silted up.蹫 (ju) : the means to dig here.

(4) this (lei) : used for "Lei" here refers to break.

(5) : mud silt.Well mud: water turbidity mud.

(6) well: trap for traps.

(7) valley: well bottom.Fu: small fish.

The ear of the (8) urn: pumping unit.We would like to: broken.

(9) Xie (xie) : foul.

(10) heart is extremely: ooze, measurement means for net, clarification.

Zhou (11) well (zhou) : use brick LeiZhu wall.

(12) the palate: clear water.

(13) : narrow.Well: pie.Act: cover.

[translation]

And divination: a change in the principality didn't change number of mining field, no damage and no more, so people in the future in the field.Well has run dry silting up, but I do not dig tao, also broke the brook water bottles, dangerous.

People: well water turbidity, such as mud can't drink.Trap fall bad can't shut the beast.

Contenders: bow shot bottom fish.Water jar is broken and leak.

JiuSan: well water pollution cannot drink, give me the net for clarification, can ever drink.Kings wise, and make them all get his bliss.

June 4: assembled with brick stone wall, there is no evil.

Zhou: and clear water, cool spring, delicious, can drink.

On 6: narrowing the trap, not well cover, to capture the beast as a result, prosperous New Year.

"Reading"

Water is referred to as "the source of life", has been recognized by the world.Modern industrial society is facing the short of water resources, protection of water resources has become a global issue.

The problem of present, also troubled by the ancients.Primitive society human settled from the nomadic hunting to engage in agricultural production, one of the most important condition is to have water, otherwise it is difficult to survive.Zhou people settled in shaanxi area, through the ages is water shortage area, want to rely on digging a well take to ensure that the production and life of groundwater, so the waters is especially precious."Well divination" is written, it is this situation true portraiture.

At that time the idea of people, the most important thing is the wish andThe war, but for ordinary people, life safety and happiness is most important, they focus on food and clothing live line, cooking fuel, POTS and pans.We don't want any chastely disdain these things.Who asked not to eat grain of immortals, the nobles were also is only human, the other is a thing apart.

Just as there would be no life without water, out-of-touch became a nonhuman.