Humility. Modesty
Accomplishment. For a noble person to have completeness.
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1. Initial six.
A respectful and modest person can easily ford a large river. Happiness.
2. Six second.
Emphasized modesty. Happy fortune telling.
3. Nine three.
Hard work and modesty. Completing the deeds of a noble man. Happiness.
4. Six fourth.
There won't be any trouble. Modesty.
5. Six fifth.
You don't get rich because of your neighbors. It is good to go to war. There won't be any trouble.
6. Top six.
Emphasized modesty. It is favorable to use troops for a punitive campaign against vassal principalities.
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1. Initial six.
The most difficult thing will be accomplished if you are modest, courteous with elders and superiors, patient and hardworking.
2. Six second.
Modesty and inconspicuousness are more encouraged than ever. Expect good luck.
3. Nine three.
Hard work and humility are the keys to fantastic success.
4. Six fourth.
The situation continues to remain calm and stable; you feel confident.
5. Six fifth.
Be careful: neighbors and competitors are ready to do harm, they are unscrupulous. Don’t be afraid, actively sort things out, fight for your property. Put something else in its place.
6. Top six.
Modesty and tact, respect for others - continue to adhere to the chosen tactics, success will continue. If you need to go on a trip to investigate and sort things out, go. Feel free to take on what is right.
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A natural continuation of the hexagram? 14 - success and take-off, is the theme of modesty and moderation in one’s behavior and disposal of material wealth.In the Book of Changes there is a clear, rigid gradation of all people into “noble” and “low”. A person who has a certain set of positive character traits and follows certain standards of behavior is considered noble, and therefore initially happy.
In “Discourses on a Hundred Diseases,” Lao-Jun notes that the cause of all illnesses lies in sins, which may at first be minor and seem harmless, but, accumulating, turn into a catastrophe and take the form of serious physical ailments. The Reasoning lists 100 negative behavioral disorders and 100 causes of disease. Here are some of them:
"1. Not maintaining consistency in joy and anger is a disease.
2. Striving for pleasure while destroying moral strength is a disease.
3. Concentrating all the strength of your heart in one love is a disease.
4. By humiliating people, elevating yourself is a disease.
5. Using power, doing arbitrariness is a disease.
6. Being strong and influential, indulging in laziness is a disease.
7. In speeches, striving to win over a person is a disease.
8. Considering people crooked and yourself straight is a disease.
9. Praising yourself for your merits is a disease.
10. Flaunting your moral strength is a disease.
11. Discussing whether other people are right or wrong is a disease.
12. Determining the merits and demerits of other people is a disease.”
In other words, any deviation from the rules in thinking, reasoning or action, lack of humility and tolerance brings harm, first of all, to the person himself. His fate can no longer be happy and harmonious. Therefore, the answer to any question asked can be the following formulation: “You have achieved a high level of well-being, you know how to present yourself in a favorable light, you have learned to defend your territory and are not afraid to go towards new victories, patrons and influential people are happy to communicate with you, you are included in select circles.Be modest without exaggerating your “I”.
Politeness, simplicity, nobility, respect for the less fortunate are the basic rules of your behavior.
In your personal life, expect successful relationships, reciprocity and trust; you understand each other without words. Boast less and show others your love happiness. How often do young people regret that they have aroused the envy of their friends with immoderate stories about their luck, attention, and gifts. As a result, rivals and intriguers appeared who wanted to break the alliance, ready to go so far as to use ritual magic.
Taming of pride, closeness to simple things; modesty, artlessness; humble thoughts and speeches.
Name
Qiang (Humility): modest thoughts and restrained speech; voluntarily give way; polite, modest, simple, courteous; accommodating, compliant, respectful. The hieroglyph represents the spoken word and the sign of unity, implying words associated with facts.
Figurative series
Accomplishment.
For a noble person to have completeness.
This is a time for humility and closeness to simple things and basic truths. Overcome pride, get rid of complexity. Let your words be simple and clear, and your thoughts modest. Voluntarily assume a subordinate position. This will lead to success. By doing this, you will be freed up 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 clear and clear. In this situation, you are connected to the power of the Earth, which helps you get rid of tension and stiffness. Be active and vigilant. Carefully balance everything in your life to avoid excess. This is the time of conjunction, when Heaven moves towards Earth. Reducing excess and humble service creates a sense of inner worth. Through humility you can come to fulfillment and achieve what you want.
Outer and Inner Worlds: Earth and Mountain
Inner fortitude is favorable for humble service. The forces of yin and yang are in harmonious balance.
Hidden opportunity:
Humble behavior contains the hidden possibility of liberation from the internal tension of destructive passions.
Subsequence
Possession of greatness 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 man cuts a lot to strengthen a little.
Hexagram lines
Six first
The humblest of the humble is a noble man.
We must ford the great river. Happiness.
To abide in the Tao requires complete humility. Think twice before you act. Maintain this attitude towards the world as you step into the river of life. Start a new business, implement a new project. Through humility, the path is open for you.
Six second
Proclaim humility.
Fortitude is fortunate.
Your humility is expressed in self-surrender, you proclaim it as your life. The way is open. Move forward according to the guidance of your heart.
Nine three
Work humbly.
For a noble person to have completeness. Happiness.
Humble service is hard work, but it will ultimately lead to exaltation. Continue what you started. Completion of work will open the way for new achievements. You will discover hidden potential within yourself.
Six fourth
Raise humility.
Nothing untoward.
Your example attracts others. As a result, everyone will benefit from it. Showcase your ideas and accomplishments humbly and dispassionately. Don't get involved in arguments.
Six fifth
If you are not rich, turn to your neighbors.
The need to make a (punishing) attack is favorable.
Nothing untoward.
If you lack what you need to implement your plans, use the resources of those around you. Feel free to subjugate and coerce them to get what you want. Now is not the time for ostentatious modesty. Your actions will not cause harm.
There's a six at the top
Proclaim humility.
The need to move an army is favorable
And go to cities and countries.
The internal and external development of a person according to the book of destinies is reflected in how transitions occur between hexagrams of different nature.
This is how hexagram 15, the interpretation of which speaks of the need for humility as a sign of pure nobility, becomes next to hexagram 14, Da-yu, Possession of the Great, where a rapid rise is observed. The logical connection is that to achieve happiness you need not only to possess, but also to be able to manage wisely and moderately.
Hexagram 15, Qian, Humility:
- Kun (Earth) at the top. Obedience. Mother. Southwest. Stomach.
- Gen (Mountain) below. Real estate. Younger son. Northeast. Hand.
The associative meaning speaks of the lack of greatness of the mountain in its flatness. Modesty is expressed by giving more than you receive.
The I Ching book presents the interpretation of the 15th hexagram as the need for humility to preserve the natural variability of the world and life. If, after achieving greatness and wealth, one stops there, a person will come into conflict with the world order. Even the greatest life and spiritual achievements should not be the end point of development - this is the wrong attitude towards the world.
In turn, rectilinear movement is already excluded, since it has hit the top of the path. Thus, the opportunity to continue development appears to be the renunciation of what has been achieved and personal results - this is the expanded meaning of the definition of “humility”. This is exactly what the pictogram expresses, in which the mountain is placed under the sign of the earth. A great person is not embarrassed by such development, because this ensures a fruitful continuation of development.
Characteristics of Yao according to Zhou Gong
- The first six. A detailed interpretation of this Yao reveals the understanding that only a good and restrained person can cross the great river. There is also the luck of the humble person in the line, which may not initially seem like it, but will lead to prosperity in the future.
- Second six. Modesty and naturalness are natural and natural. Luck comes to those who show perseverance in this. Discreet complicity can save someone else's life. An omen of an unexpected uplift of spirit.
- Third nine. The Chinese Book of Changes conveys the meaning of this line that a noble and humble person remains persistent in business and does not become arrogant from recognition. Focus can give more success than pressure. You should do something out of love for it, and not out of a desire to surpass someone.
- Fourth six. The meaning of the hexagram Qian, Humility here states that modesty is not the opposite of action and movement. Hyperactivity causes many connections, including harmful ones. We must not forget that pride foretells a fall.
- Fifth six. Bragging to others is unacceptable. It's time for active action aimed at achieving a specific goal. Energy will give results.
- Top six. According to the book of destinies, this is the moment to rebuild and improve oneself in order to win and return the favor of society and subordinates. Anyone who does not correspond to the image he himself requires is unsuccessful in this.
Detailed meaning of the hexagram
- Reading the text of this stage of the hexagram according to the book of changes reveals to a person the need to show humility as overcoming. A multidimensional understanding of this moment suggests that this test is necessary because it falls to a person who is able to pass it. This is partly due to great successes on the previous path.
- A person faces problems of an internal nature when previously strongly expressed humility is not able to become a noticeable character trait, since this contradicts the very principle of humility. A situation develops of unshakable fortitude intertwined with modesty, which leads to a happy period.
- A crisis situation is approaching, reflected in the trigram with an elevated mountain touching the lowest point of the earth. This is a symbol of the combination of acquired personal strength with developed humility. Simply put, a person’s ability to independently lower himself from heaven to Earth and prevent in advance a situation that requires this. The achievement of happiness is close, but before that you need to show true perseverance, again defeating all evil, thereby becoming an example for others.
- The external nature of the causes that challenge human endurance disappears. An internal property arises, now directing the influence outward. There is complete calmness in actions.
- The developed property gains such strength that it independently copes with performing any actions and overcoming emerging obstacles, despite the lack of neighboring support. According to the Chinese Book of Changes, at this moment even actions that are contrary to the nature of humility fall under its influence, which eliminates the emergence of a conflict if a “punitive attack” is necessary.
- Humility, oddly enough, loses its dominant role, but at the same time leaves an imprint on the personality in the form of aggressiveness that manifests itself even at the previous stage. There is a need to subordinate the situation, objects and traits that are out of control. Humility is replaced by freedom, conducive to active action.
Expanded interpretation of the sign
Hexagram 15, Qian, Humility is a simple symbol of the fact that a stop in development is unacceptable at any level of human achievement. Here it is important to realize the significance of all the experiences gained throughout life. A look at the path left behind allows one to remember the joy of accomplishments, the bitterness of disappointments, the happiness of recognition, but in the final goal it gives birth to joy from how important the experience was acquired.
It is from the analysis of the process and results that humility arises - a person understands that the road to success is paved with passion and perseverance, but at the same time there are always things that you have to give up temporarily or forever.
The river of life continues to move regardless of someone’s personal achievements, so moving into a static state disrupts the harmony of relationships with it. Therefore, you should be able to refuse what you have received. Like a river that always continues its journey to new heights.
According to the Book of Changes, hexagram 15 does not give specific advice regarding connections with the environment. This area of life remains under complete human control. The main thing is to avoid selfishness. Complete passion for one's own affairs in the process of achievement somewhat shifts personal guidelines. We need to return to normal, showing complicity and empathy for others. This is a way out of the current impasse.
Another mandatory way to distance yourself from work is rest. High tension and excessive passion for work have a bad effect on performance. You need to monitor your health and change the rhythm of life if it becomes uncomfortable.
According to the Chinese book, the meaning of this period is to understand the inevitability of delays in the fulfillment of one’s deepest desires and to come to terms with it. Confidence and calm in any situation ensure the correctness of decisions and thoughts leading to further success.
Associative reading of the hexagram
- According to the Chinese book, the image of the full moon speaks of the reign of justice in everything.
- People standing on silk threads are a symbol of the ongoing debate between them.
- The meaning of the hieroglyph Gong also speaks about the primacy of justice.
- The deer rider symbolizes a man who was able not only to become rich, but also to achieve public office.
- A mirror in the hands of an official denotes the wisdom of a decision that was made in accordance with forces above human reason.
- The pictogram has a central image of a mountain disappearing inside a mountain shell.
Deciphering the symbol - the desire to obtain a dominant position leads to disappointment when achieving less.
Wen-wan's interpretation of the sign
- Success comes to a humble and good person who practices a thorough approach to business.
- Hexagram 15, Qian, Humility is September, so it is good in summer, winter and autumn. The five Yin Yao are controlled by the Yang one.
- A person's wealth is known and does not cause envy, since he is generous with the poor.
- According to the book of the I Ching, only a complete understanding of goals leads to success, not burdened by the sterility of life. The aimless pursuit of wealth may bring prosperity, but not happiness.
How to interpret a symbol for fortune telling
- The expanded meaning of hexagram 15, Qian, Creation, promises the approach of success in political circles. At the same time, one should maintain a creative attitude towards all public affairs and see the purpose of work as bringing benefit to others.
- In business, the hexagram does not bode well, but you shouldn’t count on great luck either. This is a fertile period for beginnings, but in the future you will have to work hard until the harvest.
- Love and family relationships are stalled and “stalled.” There is a possibility that the intensity of passions will decrease to the “like” level. Decisiveness is welcome, but it should be constructive, not destructive.
- In relationships with people, respect, measuredness, confidence and trust are demonstrated. A person has the right to demand such disposition towards himself in the absence of it.
- The associative reflection of the hexagram in health signals the possible onset of the development of ailments with the pancreas and thyroid gland, as well as the Bartholin gland in women.
In general, the I Ching Book of Changes interprets the interpretation of this hexagram as a statement that one of the main advantages of a great person is modesty, through which exaltation becomes a kind of consequence of internal development, without being its goal.
It’s very difficult for you, a load of problems has fallen on you, but soon all difficulties will be left behind. If you can be moderate and restrained enough, you will take control of the situation. For a number of reasons, including financial ones, you are experiencing confusion and anxiety, but don’t worry - changes for the better are just around the corner. You should learn to give up things that are unattainable or inaccessible for one reason or another.
your wish
Your wish will come true, but only partially.
Explanation of the hexagram
full explanation of the 15th hexagram → Qian: Humility
Explanation of each trait
explanation of the hexagram features from bottom to top
Possession of great wealth, the entirety of the world, could be the ultimate goal if the world allowed the possibility of stopping. 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 a 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 at the previous stage everything that needed to be achieved has been achieved. 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. This necessary renunciation of personal achievements is called “humility” and is expressed in the image of the hexagram itself, in which the mountain sign is placed under the sign of the earth. The mountain should generally rise above the ground, then the image of humility is expressed with the utmost laconicism. This situation should not frighten a person, because only in it is further development possible, and this development must be fruitful: it must be brought to the end, to completion. In this sense the text says: Humility. Development. The noble man faces completion.
At the first stage, humility is shown in its most intense, but also in its most general form. Therefore, it is impossible to concretize it in a specific image. It is only possible to point out that a person who has this property will have to overcome enormous difficulties, because thanks to this property he is predisposed to such overcoming. This is understandable, because here this property is considered in its unidentified 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, at previous stages, has already achieved enormous results and is therefore capable of overcoming the greatest difficulties. The text expresses it this way: In the beginning there is a weak line. The humblest of the humble is a noble man. He must wade across the great river. Happiness.
In the second position, something like a conflict arises between the specifics of the entire hexagram (humility, i.e. non-revelation, retreat 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 identification 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 what expresses itself. At the same time, the harmonious development here can be easily disrupted by the fact that the attention paid to the expression of one’s own property will be stronger than the property itself - humility: non-expression of oneself in the first place. Therefore, only persistent and unshakable humility leads to a happy outcome here, or, as the text says: The weakest line comes second. Consonant humility. Fortitude is fortunate.
The moment of crisis here is expressed in the very image of the trigram. In the image of “mountain,” the third line, as the most elevated, depicts the specificity of a towering mountain. But at this position it is precisely the contact of the “mountain” with the “earth”, and precisely the highest point of the mountain with the lowest region of the earth. Thus, the content of humility appears here with particular force; but it is precisely because of this and to possess such humility that the greatest effort is required. Only through intense work can humility be achieved; it can truly be expressed in the image of a mountain (its meaning is to rise), but bending below the earth, which should be lower than everything. And only a person who has such developed humility can bring his work to the end and, having accomplished everything that is required by time and situation, stand in the correct attitude towards the world’s accomplishment, i.e. achieve happiness. Even if such a person has already achieved complete victory over all evil in the past, here he again enters into a struggle with it in order to set an example for others with his struggle. That's why the text says: The strongest trait is in third place. Humility from his labors, the noble man will have to complete [his deeds]. Happiness.
We have seen that the property of the previous position influences the property of the second position. But in the third position, this property is developed only through certain efforts. In the fourth position it has already been developed, and if at the previous stage humility turned out to be acting outward as a result of efforts (which is in accordance with the symbol of the line), then here (where the position is occupied by a weak line) the influence 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 says: The weakest line is in fourth place. Nothing untoward. Alluring humility.
The properties expressed in the third position found support in their environment. From within there was a “consonant humility” that created a resonance; from the outside there was a “alluring humility” that was only a further development of the properties of the third stage. Here, in the fifth position, the circumstances are different: the fourth position, devoid of its own powers, acts from the inside, and the sixth position operates externally, which, as a rule, symbolizes the loss of the properties of a given hexagram. Therefore, it is impossible to expect support from the environment, from the “neighbors.” Activity here is possible only as completely independent activity. But due to the entire previous process, the quality of humility has already been brought to such completeness and perfection that even for actions that are opposite to the action of humility, the latter is still the most characteristic, and therefore even such activity does not come into conflict with the general situation and does not encounter anything unfavorable to her. This finds the following expression in the text: The weak point is in fifth place. You won't get rich from your neighbors. The need to make a punitive attack is favorable. Nothing untoward.
In the sixth position, the situation and its characteristic features come to an end and lose their specificity. So here, humility remains only as an echo of the past, of those works that are mentioned in the third position. But the aggressiveness that began in the previous, fifth position, here receives even greater development, especially as the need to subjugate what has come out of obedience, because here neither the power of effort, as in the third position, nor the tempting example, as in the fourth, operates here. Here the basic tone of humility only sounds, but does not act, and the limitation emanating from humility recedes, for it must give way to the 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. In the text this is expressed as follows: At the top is a weak line. Sounding humility. Favors the need to move troops and go to cities and kingdoms.
Modesty
An immodest man is often more dangerous than an evil one, for the latter attacks only his enemies, while the former harms his enemies and his friends.
Joseph Addison
Compound
GUA UPPER, KUN. EARTH. OBEDIENCE. MOTHER. SOUTHWEST. STOMACH.GUA LOWER, GEN. MOUNTAIN. REAL ESTATE. YOUNGER SON. NORTHEAST. HAND.
Keywords
Compliance. Happy character. Modesty. Humility of pride. Self-deprecation. Flexibility. Politeness.Structure explanation
In the flatness of the Earth, the greatness of the mountain is lost. Much is taken away, little is added, this is modesty.Structure of both gua
GUA UPPER, KUN. EARTH. OBEDIENCE. MOTHER. SOUTHWEST. STOMACH.
INITIAL YIN.
The vow of poverty, its fulfillment. Man is his own shepherd.
SECOND YIN.
Cultivating modesty from an early age, pride in modesty.
THIRD YAN
On the spot. Labor creates values, community, and this achieves happiness.
GUA LOWER, GEN. MOUNTAIN. REAL ESTATE. YOUNGER SON. NORTHEAST. HAND.
FOURTH YIN.
Fulfilling all the commandments, preserving moral values, not acting for personal gain, doing for others, for society, social work. Consonance with the city of the Sun Campanella.
FIFTH YIN.
Those who disobey can be punished, including those who rebel against modesty.
LAST UPPER YIN.
Military action can help neighboring states; cultivating modesty by any means.
The main thing in gua
Every situation has a beginning and an end. To get to the end of a situation, you need to have endurance, without which it is difficult to move from one situation to another. The beginning is always connected with the end.Main thesis
The process of creation and transformation is evident. Spirits-demons and Spirits-deities. Work in humility and share the benefits with others. If necessary, protect your property.Divinatory aspect
The main thing is a creative position, work for the benefit of society, society.All endeavors end happily.
Those who turn completely into stingy knights do not deserve a peaceful attitude. Frightening events are possible - expropriation of wealth by armed means.
Those who use wealth for bad purposes may be imprisoned and subjected to punitive actions.
Correspondence with Tarot
Here there is a reasonable coordination of the material and spiritual. Correct use of the values that life gives. This is Arcanum III, the Empress. At the level of the Minor Arcana, this is the suit of Pentacles and Wands: Ace of Wands - Good Accomplishments and Ace of Pentacles - Retribution.There is a defense of national or personal values. This is Arcanum VII, the Chariot, with intentions of change. The Ace of Swords is the Arcana of protection and the Ten of Pentacles is the Arcana of materiality.
If, having cultivated modesty in yourself, you have a large fortune, be ready to spend it as directed from above, this is where the sixteenth gua, YU, READINESS, MOOD comes from.
Summary. Interpretation for fortune telling
1. Social status, politics.
In all areas - a creative position. Work for the benefit of society. Success in politics. But here too - in the name of ideals, moral principles, for the good of one's neighbor, and not for the sake of self-satisfaction or prestige.
2. Business (everything related to the material world, Taurus, Pentacles).
Success in business is very modest, the beginnings are successful, but nothing more. The garden of a business requires that it be nurtured and protected until it is time to harvest.
3. Relationships (love, gender relations, family life)
In personal relationships, love ones - “slipping”, great determination is required. Relationships are at the “like” level.
4. Interpersonal relationships.
Relationships with people are calm, trusting, respectful. A fortuneteller can demand respect for himself and expect it from others.
5. Health (on the physical and subtle planes).
There may be problems with the thyroid gland and pancreas, but at an early stage. In women, bartholinitis (inflammation of the Bartholin gland) is possible.