Hexagram Statement
卦辭
正義曰：先儒以《易》之舊題，分自此已上三十卦為《上經》，已下三十四卦為《下經》，《序卦》至此又別起端首。先儒皆以《上經》明天道，《下經》明人事，然韓康伯注《序卦》破此義云：「夫《易》，六畫成卦，三才必備，錯綜天人，以效變化，豈有天道、人事偏於上下哉！」案：《上經》之內，明飲食必有訟，訟必有眾起，是兼於人事，不專天道。既不專天道，則《下經》不專人事，理則然矣。但孔子《序卦》不以咸繫離。《繫辭》云「二篇之策」，則是六十四卦舊分上下，乾坤象天地，咸恒明夫婦。乾坤乃造化之本，夫婦實人倫之原，因而擬之，何為不可？天地各卦，夫婦共卦者，周氏云：「尊天地之道，略於人事，猶如三才，天地為二，人止為一也。」此必不然。竊謂：乾坤明天地初闢，至屯乃剛柔始交。故以純陽象天，純陰象地，則咸以明人事。人物既生，共相感應。若二氣不交，則不成於相感，自然天地各一，夫婦共卦。此不言可悉，豈宜妄為異端！「咸亨利貞取女吉」者，咸感也。此卦明人倫之始，夫婦之義，必須男女共相感應，方成夫婦。既相感應，乃得亨通。若以邪道相通，則凶害斯及，故利在貞正。既感通以正，即是婚媾之善，故云「咸亨利貞取女吉」也。
The Correct Meaning states: Earlier scholars, following the old arrangement of the Changes, divided the first thirty hexagrams above this point as the Upper Canon, and the thirty-four hexagrams below as the Lower Canon. The Sequence of the Hexagrams begins a new starting point here.
Earlier scholars all held that the Upper Canon illuminates the Way of Heaven and the Lower Canon illuminates human affairs.
However, Han Kangbo's commentary on the Sequence of the Hexagrams refuted this meaning, saying: 'The Changes forms hexagrams from six lines, necessarily encompassing the three powers.
' Examining this: within the Upper Canon, it illuminates that where there is eating and drinking there must be litigation, and where there is litigation there must be multitudes arising—this encompasses human affairs and does not specialize in the Way of Heaven alone.
Since it does not specialize in the Way of Heaven, then the Lower Canon does not specialize in human affairs either, and this principle is indeed so. Yet Confucius in the Sequence of the Hexagrams does not attach Xian to Li.
The Appended Statements says 'the reckoning of the two sections,' indicating that the sixty-four hexagrams were anciently divided into upper and lower: Qian and Kun symbolize Heaven and Earth, Xian and Heng illuminate husband and wife.
Qian and Kun are the root of creation and transformation; husband and wife are truly the origin of human relationships. To model them accordingly—what objection could there be? As for Heaven and Earth each having their own hexagram while husband and wife share hexagrams, Mr.
' This cannot be correct. I humbly suggest: Qian and Kun illuminate the initial opening of Heaven and Earth; by the time of Zhun, the firm and yielding first interact. Therefore pure yang symbolizes Heaven and pure yin symbolizes Earth, while Xian illuminates human affairs.
Once people and creatures are born, they mutually influence and respond to one another. If the two qi do not interact, mutual influence cannot be achieved, so naturally Heaven and Earth each get one hexagram while husband and wife share a hexagram.
This goes without saying—how could one recklessly create heterodox views! As for 'Xian: Success, Benefit in Correctness, taking a wife brings good fortune'—Xian means influence. This hexagram illuminates the beginning of human relationships and the meaning of husband and wife.
Man and woman must mutually influence and respond to each other before they can become husband and wife. Once they mutually influence and respond, they attain success and free flow.
If they communicate through deviant ways, then misfortune and harm will follow; therefore benefit lies in correctness. '
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