Hexagram 15 Humility. “I am well aware that healing comes to a brave person, so to speak, from within: it is achieved by reconciliation with suffering and death, the rejection of desires and self-love,” Vincent Van Gogh
Regardless of your position in society, humility is a deceptively powerful force. If you are in a high position but remain humble, those around you will support you. If your social status low, humility will allow you to achieve higher status. True humility is a virtue that benefits all, to which all should strive.
The most successful people are those who know how to balance situations. Such a person strives for balanced and stable relationships, and not for power over others. Humility is a virtue that allows you to balance in any situation. Humble people are not deluded by self-importance.
Line interpretation:
Line 1 (bottom line)
Arrogant people create unnecessary obstacles for themselves when faced with an important task. First, worrying about how they will be perceived or valued becomes an additional barrier to completing the task. On the other hand, the lowly attitude that accompanies humility supports the ability to pay more attention to detail. While presumptuous people worry about appearances or other people's opinions, humble people focus on what needs to be done. Make no claims or make conditions and you will meet no resistance.
Deep humility is a gift for all.
There is no sadder picture than a man impressed by his own fame, beauty, or brilliance. The success of such people is usually short-lived, because some degree of simple humanity is required to maintain positive results. One of the most noble achievements is when a person who, despite great success, maintains his humility.
Beware of false modesty. Even humility can be exaggerated. People in modest positions sometimes use false modesty as an excuse for being weak or indecisive. True humility does not mean having modest goals or disinterest in the cause.
The wise do not hesitate to take desperate measures when circumstances require it. When a responsible person takes bold action, he or she does it not out of a sense of self-importance, but simply because the situation calls for it. In difficult situations, make sure objectivity and clarity of purpose matches your position. And, as soon as the battle is won, as an honorary warrior, get lost back in the crowd.
Line 6 (top line)
When mistakes are made and judgment strikes as suddenly as the north wind, we usually blame everything around us. Those who lack humility immediately raise their shields, thus hiding the truth from their own eyes. The weak are offended and shrink in doubt and self-pity. But the sincere and humble see the situation as a challenge to be met—first by examining themselves inwardly to determine their role in creating the current situation, and then by having the courage to act decisively but fairly, correcting mistakes. Humility is a true sign of nobility and always promises good luck.
ADAPTED VERSION
A branch of a tree bowed to the very ground under the weight of snow, but soon it will straighten up again and take its former position. Your circumstances at the moment can be called only moderately favorable. If your behavior now differs in moderation and restraint, later you will become the master of the situation. At present, for a number of reasons, including financial reasons, you are experiencing some confusion and anxiety, but do not worry, everything will change for the better soon. If you do not reject the help of others, your desire will be fulfilled. In the future, financial affairs will improve.
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No. 15 - Qian. Humility
[Completion. A noble person is to be completed]
I. At the beginning of the six.
The humblest of the humble noble man.
- You have to cross over big river. Happiness!
II. Six second.
Proclaim humility!
- Resilience - fortunately.
III. Nine third.
A humble noble person is to work towards the completion of affairs.
- Happiness.
IV. Six fourth.
Raise humility! Nothing inauspicious!
V. Six fifth.
If you are not rich, contact your neighbors.
Favorable is the need to make a punitive attack.
VI. Top six.
And then (having lulled the enemy's vigilance and completing the necessary preparations), it is favorable and necessary to move the army on [punitive campaigns] against [cities] and countries.
TITLE
Qian (Humility): modest thoughts and restrained speech; voluntarily give way; polite, modest, plain, courteous; accommodating, accommodating, respectful. The hieroglyph depicts the spoken word and the sign of unity, implying words related to facts.
SERIES
This is a time for humility and closeness to simple things and major truths. Get rid of pride, get rid of complexity. Let your words be simple and understandable, and your thoughts humble. Voluntarily assume a subordinate position. This will lead to success. By doing so, you will be free to use your opponent's strength against him. Use the oracle to stay in tune with the natural course of events. Let your ideas be crisp and clear. In this situation, you are connected with the power of the Earth, which helps to get rid of tension and stiffness. Be mobile and vigilant. Carefully balance everything in your life to avoid excesses. This is the time of conjunction, when the sky moves towards the earth. The reduction of excess and humble service gives rise to a sense of inner dignity. Through humility, you can come to fulfillment and achieve what you want.
Canonical text
Accomplishment. A noble person is to have completeness.
- The humblest of the humble noble man. — You have to wade across a big river. Happiness.
- Proclaim humility. — Fortitude — fortunately.
- Work on humility. - A noble person - to have completeness. - Happiness.
- Nothing inauspicious. Raise humility.
- You don't get rich because of your neighbors. - Favorable and you need to attack and attack. - Nothing inauspicious.
- Proclaim humility. - It is favorable and it is necessary to move the army on punitive campaigns against cities and countries.
Possession of a great wealth, the entirety of the world, could be the ultimate goal if the world were allowed to stop. But the main position is the doctrine of variability, the continuous mobility of the world and how a person should be harmoniously included in this movement. Therefore, a stop in development is not a stop, a lag that causes conflict with world development. Therefore, if you stop even at the height of the greatest achievements, then even in such a stop there will not be a correct attitude towards the world. But it is no longer possible to move forward in a straight line, because everything that needed to be achieved was achieved at the previous stage. Consequently, only a complete rejection of what has already been achieved can guarantee the possibility of further development, keeping pace with the development of the world. Such a necessary rejection of personal achievements is called "humility" and is expressed in the form of the hexagram itself, in which the sign of the mountain is placed under the sign of the earth. The mountain should generally rise above the earth, then in this the image of humility is expressed with the utmost brevity. Such a situation should not frighten a person, for only in it is it possible to further development moreover, this development must be fruitful: it must be brought to an end, to completion. In this sense, the text says: Humility. Development. A noble person is about to finish.
1
At the first step, humility is shown in its most intense, but also in its most general form. Therefore, it is impossible to concretize it in a specific way. It is possible only to point out that a person with this property will have to overcome enormous difficulties, because thanks to this property he is predisposed to such overcoming. This is understandable, because here the given property is considered in its unrevealed state, and therefore its practical application is not indicated; on the other hand, judging by the composition of the Book of Changes, it is inherent in a person who has already achieved tremendous results in the previous stages and is therefore capable of overcoming the greatest difficulties. The text expresses it this way: In the beginning, a weak line. The humblest of the humble noble man. He needs to cross over great river. Happiness.
2
In the second position, something like a conflict arises between the specifics of the entire hexagram (humility, i.e., not being revealed, retreating into the shadows, etc.) and the nature of the second position, the meaning of which is that internal qualities are revealed on it. The resolution of this contradiction is also influenced by the fact that this position precedes the next one, in which the content of the concept of humility is most intensely manifested. As a result, it turns out that the revelation of an internal property still occurs here, but this property is humility, i.e. that which cannot express itself, but is expressed only in self-giving, in consonance with that which expresses itself. At the same time, the harmony of development here can be easily violated by the fact that the attention paid to the expression of one's own property will be stronger than the property itself - humility: not expressing oneself in the first place. Therefore, only steadfast and unshakable humility leads to a happy outcome here, or, as the text says: The weak trait is in second place. Consistent humility. Resilience is a blessing.
3
The moment of crisis is already expressed here in the very image of the trigram. In the image of the "mountain" the third feature, as the most exalted, depicts the specifics of the towering mountain. But it is at this position that the contact of the "mountain" with the "earth" takes place, and it is precisely the highest point of the mountain with the lower region of the earth. Thus, the content of humility appears here with particular force; but precisely because of this, and for the possession of such humility, the greatest effort is necessary. Only by intense labor is humility achieved; it can truly be expressed in the image of a mountain (its meaning is to rise), but bent below the earth, which should be below everything. And only a person who possesses such developed humility can bring his work to the end and, having done everything that is required by time and position, stand in the right attitude towards world accomplishment, i.e. achieve happiness. Such a person, if for himself already in the past achieved a complete victory over all evil, here he again enters into a struggle with him, in order to set an example for others by his struggle. That is why the text says: Strong Trait on the third place. Humility from his labors, a noble person will have to complete (his deeds). Happiness.
4
We have seen that the property of the previous position is affected by the property of the second position. But in the third position, this property is developed only through certain efforts. At the fourth position, it has already been worked out, and if at the previous stage humility turned out to act outward as a result of efforts (which stands in accordance with the symbol of the trait), then here (where the position is occupied by a weak trait), the impact of force and coercion is no longer possible. But in the fourth position, the very presence of a developed property can have an impact on something else. This property acts as a fascinating example. Therefore, all actions here are free and do not encounter any obstacles. That's why the text also says: Weak trait in fourth place. Nothing inauspicious. Alluring humility.
5
Properties expressed in the third position found support in their environment. From the inside there acted "consonant humility", creating a resonance, from the outside there acted "alluring humility", which is only a further development of the properties of the third step. Here, on the fifth position, the circumstances are different: the fourth position acts from within, devoid of its own forces, and the sixth, which, as a rule, already symbolizes the loss of the properties of this hexagram, acts outside. Therefore, it is impossible to expect support from the environment, from the "neighbors". Activity here is possible only as a completely independent activity. But by virtue of the whole previous process, the quality of humility has already been brought to such fullness and perfection that even for actions opposite to the action of humility, the latter is still the most characteristic, and therefore even such an activity does not conflict with the general situation and does not encounter anything unfavorable. her. This finds the following expression in the text: Weak trait in fifth place. You will not get rich from your neighbors. Favorable is the need to make a punitive attack. Nothing inauspicious.
6
In the sixth position, the situation and its character traits come to an end, lose their specificity. So here, humility remains only as an echo of the past, those works that are mentioned in the third position. On the other hand, the aggressiveness that began in the previous, fifth position, here receives even greater development, especially as the need to subjugate what has gone out of obedience, because here neither the power of effort, as in the third position, nor the temptation of an example, as in the fourth, no longer work. Here the main tone of humility only sounds, but does not act, and the restriction emanating from humility recedes, because it must give way to a further situation of Liberty, which is characterized by the absence of restrictions. Therefore, the situation here is conducive to actions that are far from humility. This is expressed in the text as follows: Above is a weak line. Sounding humility. Favors the need to move troops and go to cities and kingdoms.
Fulfillment and self-giving in the outer, Staying and firmness in the inner. Inviolability is something that can end only by chance, something that does not end by itself, and in combination with complete predestination in the external, this is humility. But humility is submission not to another person, but to fate and the natural course of events. And if there is an appropriate situation, then it is favorable to attack and attack.
Haislip interpretation
The fallen snow to the very ground bent a branch of a tree; but soon everything will change and she will straighten up again. Your circumstances are now moderately favorable. But you can become the master of the situation if you show restraint. Failures, including financial ones, give you anxiety. But do not worry, everything will change for the better. And financial matters will improve. If you do not neglect the help of others, your wish will come true.
Taming of pride, proximity to simple things; modesty, artlessness; humble thoughts and words.
Name
Qian (Humility): modest thoughts and restrained speeches; voluntarily give way; polite, modest, plain, courteous; accommodating, accommodating, respectful. The hieroglyph depicts the spoken word and the sign of unity, implying words related to facts.
figurative row
Accomplishment.
A noble person - to have completeness.
This is a time for humility and closeness to simple things and major truths. Get rid of pride, get rid of complexity. Let your words be simple and clear, and your thoughts humble. Voluntarily assume a subordinate position. This will lead to success. By doing so, you will be free to use your opponent's strength against him. Use the oracle to stay in tune with the natural course of events. Keep your ideas crisp and clear. In this situation, you are connected with the power of the Earth, which helps to get rid of tension and stiffness. Be mobile and vigilant. Carefully balance everything in your life to avoid excesses. This is the time of conjunction, when the sky moves towards the earth. The reduction of excess and humble service gives rise to a sense of inner dignity. Through humility, you can come to fulfillment and achieve what you want.
Outer and Inner Worlds: Earth and Mountain
Inner steadfastness is favorable for humble service. The forces of yin and yang are in harmonious balance.
Hidden Feature:
Humble behavior contains hidden opportunity exemption from internal stress destructive passions.
Subsequence
Possession of the great does not allow excess and overflow. Knowing this allows you to be humble.
Definition
Humility means mobility.
Symbol
There is a mountain in the center of the earth. Humility.
A noble person cuts a lot to strengthen a little.
Hexagram lines
First six
The humblest of the humble noble man.
You have to ford the great river. Happiness.
To abide in the Tao, complete humility is necessary. Think twice before you act. Maintain this attitude towards the world as you enter the river of life. Start a new business new project. Through humility the way is open for you.
Six second
Proclaim humility.
Resilience is a blessing.
Your humility is expressed in self-giving, you proclaim it with your life. The path is open. Move forward with the guidance of your heart.
Nine third
Work humbly.
A noble person - to have completeness. Happiness.
Humble service is hard work, but in the end it will lead to exaltation. Continue what you started. Completion of work will open the way for new achievements. You will discover hidden potential in yourself.
Six fourth
Raise humility.
Nothing inauspicious.
Your example attracts others. As a result, everyone will benefit from it. Humbly and dispassionately display your ideas and accomplishments. Don't get into arguments.
Six fifth
If you're not rich, ask your neighbors.
Favorable is the need to make a (punitive) attack.
Nothing inauspicious.
If you lack what you need to carry out your plans, use the resources of others. Feel free to subdue and force them to get what you want. Now is not the time for ostentation. Your actions will not cause harm.
Top six
Proclaim humility.
Favorable is the need to move the army
And go to cities and countries.
The image of this hexagram implies balance and moderation. Over the centuries, the high mountains gradually collapsed, became smaller and filled the valleys. Thus the mountains were worn down and leveled, and the valleys were filled in and levelled. Both sides strive for flatness, for the balance of extremes and the neutralization of opposites. In short, a trend towards balance is being created.
The spiritual meaning of the hexagram is to forget about the fuss and the feeling of superiority, to honestly and decently take the right steps. Restrained and moderate actions will lead to success. If you deviate from the Path of Submission, the result will be disastrous, it is like sticking your hand into a fire and getting instant pain as a result. Therefore, you must adhere to the Way - keep balance in everything and avoid extremes, no matter how justified they may seem. Your main goal during this period is personal growth; life presents great opportunities for this. Stop demonstrating your strengths, means, intellect and knowledge (the top of the mountain), rather try to correct the shortcomings of your character (filling in the hollows and valleys). As a result, true prosperity awaits you.
A wish
A selfish attitude will lead to failure. Restraint and reasonable concessions, with the help of others, will lead to the fulfillment of desire.
Love
Success.
Marriage
This hexagram symbolizes an unusually prosperous marriage. A good match in many respects. Success.
Pregnancy, childbirth
No problems are expected. A son will be born.
Health status
Diseases of the abdominal cavity, hypotension. Recovery is guaranteed but will be gradual and will require patience and care.
Negotiations, disputes, litigation
Look for a compromise. Drop unrealistic demands, otherwise failure is inevitable.
Travel
Safe and calm.
Exam, test
Good mark.
Work, business, specialization
You can succeed, but remember: if you hurry, you will make people laugh.
Weather
Cloudy with clearings.
lucky color
White.
lucky numbers
4, 2, 9
Changing Traits
sixth
If you are successful, do not think that spiritual development is complete. When you accomplish what you set out to do, don't brag about it! If difficulties arise, do not blame others! Once you take responsibility for your life, you can bring order to your environment.
Fifth
The trait indicates a situation in which you have managed to establish a relatively reserved attitude, both towards yourself and others, but in order to achieve your goal, you need to take convincing steps to achieve such a position. Act firmly, decisively, stubbornly continue in the same spirit until you reach your cherished goal. And once you've done that, suppress your self-satisfaction and don't brag about it. The classic text says this: "Do not boast of your wealth in front of your neighbor."
Fourth
When you have really reached a true state of restraint, it does not mean that the work is over and you can rest on your laurels. Restraint must be invariable in any case, while we fulfill our obligations to society.
Third (dominant)
Persistent efforts to achieve a goal will lead you to praise and "glory". Don't let them lead you astray, don't let fame overwhelm you, because it will make you rethink your true value. Instead of contemplating your magnificence, continue to fulfill your duties. The reward will come at the right time of its own free will.
Second
By fulfilling your full duties, you will have a good influence on the outside world. Subsequently, even more responsibility will be placed on you.
First
considerable success can be achieved, provided that we act calmly and consistently, without demanding approval for our abilities and work. Thus, resistance, criticism, envy will bypass us. At the same time, you should watch your reaction: when we do things properly, we tend to be arrogant. This is a deviation from the Right Path towards suffering.
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