I Chinghexagram 02, depicted :::::: is named 坤 (kūn), Field. Other translations: R. Wilhelm/C. Baynes, The Receptive; G. Whincup, Acquiescence; E. Shaughnessy (Mawangdui), The Flow. Alternative meaning: I Ching (monk) The I Ching (Traditional Chinese: 易經, pinyin y jīng; Cantonese IPA: jɪk6gɪŋ1; Cantonese Jyutping: jik6ging1; alternative romanizations include I Jing, Yi Ching, Yi King) is the oldest of the Chinese classic texts. ...
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Inner (lower) trigram is ☷ (::: 坤 kūn) Field = (地) earth
Outer (upper) trigram is ☷ (::: 坤 kūn) Field = (地) earth
The skeletal form of hexagram 02 is described by analogy to the under-exaggerated properties of hexagram 27 - Hungering, too little yang, in need of filling.
The trigrams can be read bottom to top as "With devotion (earth in lower) comes absolute trust in another/others (earth in upper)" aka devotion to another/others doubled.
The analogy of the completeness of hexagram 02 is made to the general characteristics of 63 where we cover issues of completion, we have learnt/developed habits/instincts (the 'correct sequences') and as such are 'complete' in a potential form, open to being 'pushed' by the context (and so bring out 'yangness' in the form of actualising the potentials contained in 02)
When a hexagram is cast using one of the processes of divination with I Ching, each of the lines may be indicated as moving or fixed.
Each hexagram's common translation is accompanied by the corresponding R. Wilhelm translation, which is the source for the Unicode names.
The binary arrangement of hexagrams was developed by the famous Chinese scholar and philosopher Shao Yung (a neo-Confucian and Taoist) in the 11th century.
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