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Encyclopedia > I Ching hexagram 05

I Ching hexagram 05, depicted |||:|: is named 需 (xu1) Attending. Other translations: R. Wilhelm/C. Baynes, Waiting (Nourishment); E. Shaughnessy (Mawangdui), (Short Coat) Moistened. 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. ...


image:iching-hexagram-05.png Image of I Ching hexagram 05. ...

  • Inner (lower) trigram is ☰ (||| 乾 qian2) Force = (天) heaven
  • Outer (upper) trigram is ☵ (:|: 坎 kan3) Gorge = (水) water
  • The skeletal form of hexagram 05 is described by analogy to the under-exaggerated properties of hexagram 57 - Wind : Cultivating, becoming influencial.
  • The trigrams can be read bottom to top as "With perserverence (heaven in lower) comes control (water in upper)"
  • The analogy of the completeness of hexagram 05 is made to the general characteristics of hexagram 07 where we cover issues of uniformity and discipline such that in 05 we associate with 'likeminded', we network, whilst waiting for our moment to come (and so the need for discipline where the 'moment' is not determined by us but by external forces (as in the Army)).
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