08 Holding Together (Union)

比

1 2 . 水地比：Shui Di Pi   

 

卦象：

Gua Image.

上坎下坤

Above Kan below Kun.

比卦，地上有水渗透，辅助互比，亲善帮助，比试，快乐。

Union, water in the ground to permeate, assisting and holding together, help from family, togetherness, happiness.

”至诚相知，相与相应。”

Image of sincerity and in agreement.

聪明之妇。

A clever lady.

在体、用于人身疾病方面与师卦同解。

For body, use the Gua to represent the illness.

1坎7 Kan                  Ren     Zi         Gui      [Water]

2坤1 Kun                  Wei     Kun     Shen   [Earth]

六十四卦　斷法

64 Gua Analysis Method.

坎七水配坤一土．水地比

Kan 7 water match Kun 1 earth. Holding together (Union)

土剋水。主傷中男。瘋狂聾啞。黃腫水蠱。咽噎喉壅。滯經澀便。虛勞等症。凶。

Earth control (ke) water. Main injury to middle son. Madness deaf and dumb.  Yellow swelling water venomous insect. Choke in the throat. Sluggish classic blocking to relieve oneself. Toil in vain waiting for disease. Inauspiscious.

雙星配卦

Double stars matching Gua.

一白坎屬水，主男；二黑坤屬土，主女。

1 white Kan as Water, Main Male, 2 black Kun as Earth, Main Female.

土剋水，男被剋，女欺男，妻欺夫。

Earth control Water, Male got controlled, Female bully Male, Wife bully Husband.

玄空秘旨：

Xuan Kong Secret decree.

腹 fu (stomach) 多水而膨脹 pengzhang (swell)

·        Swelling in the stomach due to too much water.

玄機賦：　

Profound theory essay.

坎流坤位，賈臣常遭婦賤之羞。

·        坎为 1, 坤为 2, 12 同宫 , 水被土克 , 家人会生肾病。

·        或家中妇人会霸道。

·        朱买臣 , 汉朝人 , 在朱未得志时常遭贱妻之羞侮。

Kan 1, Kun 2, 1 and 2 in the same palace, earth control water, stomach illness in the family.

It also represents a fierce lady in the household who controls the husband.

竹節賦：　

Bamboo Festival Essay.

坤艮動見坎，中男絕滅不還鄉。

·        坤艮为土，坎为水，土克水，坎为中男遇克，主中男外出不回，在家则灭绝。如地水师、山水蒙、水地比、水山蹇等卦。

Kun Gen represent earth, Kan is the water which is being controlled, Kan as the middle son being controlled, represent the middle son did not return home, not around in the house.

秘本：　　

Treasure Book.

一加二五，傷及壯丁。

·        1 with 2 or 5, harm an able body man.

胡京國

克入

control in.

當其旺，母患腸胃之病。

When the Qi is prosperous.

Mother get stomach sickness.

當其衰，夫遭婦辱，主婦當權，家人易得腎泄之病。

When the Qi is weak.

Husband meet by chance woman disgrace. House wife holds power. Family member easy get kidney leaking problem.

李居明

一二 中男不还乡 Huan Xiang ( return home)
Middle son will not return home.
一二同宫会有什么事情发生？

1 and 2 in the same palace represent what sort of issues?
一代表中男，二代表母亲，
1 represent middle son. 2 represent mother.
一白是水，二黑是土，土克水，
1 white is water, 2 black is earth, earth control water.
即是赶走中男，
Chase away middle son.
所以一二同宫是［中男灭绝 miejue (extinct)不还乡］，
1 2 in same palace , middle son will not return home.
与二一同宫一样。一二同宫亦代表中男被年长的女性欺负，假如儿子睡在一二同宫的位置，必定经常被母亲责骂，或者被邻居的妇人欺负。
Also same as 2 1 in same palace.  Middle son is bullied by elder female. If son sleep in the 1 2 palace will be scolded by mother all the time. Or bullied by next door female neighbor.
所以一二亦代表［买臣长遭妇贱之羞］。有一个故事讲朱买臣被妇人欺负，结果他高中状元，土气扬眉。一二与二一同宫都同样代表［买臣长遭妇贱之羞］，代表二黑刑克着一白。
Another story is bullied by people.
Represent 2 black earth control Ke 1 white water.

Heluo　　

Divorce. Female domination. Conflict between husband and wife.

Abdominal pain or gynecological problems in women.

Kidney problems stemming from the stomach. 

 

XKDG

Element 7
Fire
Rat		Wealth
Dog		Friend
Monkey		Output
Rabbit		Authority
Snake		Resource
Goat		Friend
Period 7
Bi
水地比
Xin Hai
343.125 - 348.75
Family Element Earth
Returning Soul

08. Pi / Holding Together [union]

Richard Wilhelm's and Cary F. Baynes

Above K'AN THE ABYSMAL, WATER

Below K'UN THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH

The waters on the surface of the earth flow together wherever they can, as for example in the ocean, where all the rivers come together. Symbolically this connotes holding together and the laws that regulate it. The same idea is suggested by the fact that all the lines of the hexagram except the fifth, the place of the ruler, are yielding. The yielding lines hold together because they are influenced by a man of strong will in the leading position, a man who is their center of union. Moreover, this strong and guiding personality in turn holds together with the others, finding in them the complement of his own nature.

THE JUDGMENT

            HOLDING TOGETHER brings good fortune.

            Inquire of the oracle once again

            Whether you possess sublimity, constancy, and perseverance;

            Then there is no blame.

            Those who are uncertain gradually join.

            Whoever come too late

            Meets with misfortune.

What is required is that we unite with others, in order that all may

complement and aid one another through holding together. But such

holding together calls for a central figure around whom other persons may

unite. To become a center of influence holding people together is a grave

matter and fraught with great responsibility. It requires greatness of spirit,

consistency, and strength. Therefore let him who wishes to gather others

about him ask himself whether he is equal to the undertaking, for anyone

attempting the task without a real calling for it only makes confusion worse

than if no union at all had taken place.

But when there is a real rallying point, those who at first are hesitant or

uncertain gradually come in of their own accord. Late-comers must suffer the

consequences, for in holding together the question of the right time is also

important. Relationships are formed and firmly established according to

definite inner laws. Common experiences strengthen these ties, and he who

comes too late to share in these basic experiences must suffer for it if, as a

straggler, he finds the door locked.

If a man has recognized the necessity for union and does not feel strong

enough to function as the center, it is his duty to become a member of some

other organic fellowship.

THE IMAGE

            On the earth is water:

            The image of HOLDING TOGETHER.

            Thus the kings of antiquity

            Bestowed the different states as fiefs

            And cultivated friendly relations

            With the feudal lords.

Water fills up all the empty places on the earth and clings fast to it. The social

organization of ancient China was based on this principle of the holding

together of dependents and rulers. Water flows to unite with water, because

all parts of it are subject to the same laws. So too should human society hold

together through a community of interests that allows each individual to feel

himself a member of a whole. The central power of a social organization

must see to it that every member finds that his true interest lies in holding

together with it, as was the case in the paternal relationship between king and

vassals in ancient China.