YiJing is more likely known to many as the root of SanYuan YuanKong also known in the Cantonese pronunciation of YuenHom, some called XuanKong. When it is called San Yuan Xuan Kong, a shorter acronym could have been YuanKong instead of XuanKong, similarly to the name of ZiPing, could have been meant Mu Zi Ping An, therefore ZiPing becomes a name for an individual or some may said it derives from Zi Sun Ping An, therefore ZiPing becomes a name technique for the posterity of the future generations rather than a name of a single personality. However, what is in the name is not what the truth it holds.
道 可 道 ， 非 常 道 ； 名 可 名 ， 非 常 名 。 無 名 ， 天 地 之 始 ； 有 名 ， 萬 物 之 母 。 故 常 無 欲 ， 以 觀 其 妙 ； 常 有 欲 ， 以 觀 其 徼 。 此 兩 者 同 ， 出 而 異 名 ， 同 謂 之 玄 ， 玄 之 又 玄 ， 眾 妙 之 門 。
“The Dao that can be told of is hardly an eternal, absolute, unvarying one;
The name that can be coded and given is no absolute name.
Heaven and earth sprang from something else: the bright nameless;
The named is but the said mother that rears the ten thousand creatures of heaven and earth, each after its kind.
He that rids himself of base desire can see the secret essences;
He that rids himself of base desire can see the secret essences;
He that didn't and reached high being, he can see outcomes.
Still the two are the same; the secret and its manifestations came from the same ground, the same mould, but anyway sound different -
They are given different names where they appear.
They can both be called the cosmic mystery, awesome deep.
Or rather more secret than so-called mystery.
There is the deeper mystery: the gate and doorway all hidden essences issued from: all such subleties.
There is the deeper mystery: the gate and doorway all hidden essences issued from: all such subleties.
And the subtle, mysterial opening homewards.
Call it the door mystery or golden secret of all life. – translation of Dr. Lin YuTang & others”
YuanKong is not mysterious of the void. It is simply the gateway of gateways. In essence it is nameless. This had misled many to assume such as void, Kong. Even void has many meanings. When the nameless is name, it is but the said mother that rears the ten thousand things, so be called mysterious Xuan. Such mysterious Xuan is indeed a gateway, Men, of the myriad things, not only human. It is a gateway because, it is such that the myriad things come from and as such the myriad things return to the mother. It is therefore not void, simply nothingness that hold heaven and earth in position, thus the birth of the duality. This is the account of Yuen, affinity, coined Affinity Gateway.
When it is name, it opens to LiangYi, the two slices, then the 4 images, Xiang. The images are the meanings of no word. Thus the 8 trigram is formed. This is Yi, the changes and the knowledge of such is Jing, understanding of changes as appeared in its imagery, Xian, becomes the forerunners of the understanding of YuanKong. Jing may give a different interpretation as classics usually annexed to the written commentary of WenWang and the 10 wings. However it is not in such a case. Not the other way round. Only when YuanKong is open, that the understanding of Yi becomes important to know the name of the myriad things. However, it is not the main door, it is referred to. What a pity.
Understand such: -
“The Nine Star Forever Mysterious,
The 8 Trigram Establish Empire
Gate Palaces Move or Un move;
Open Shut Human Gate.”
Good Hunting.
2 comments:
hello David just a few ramblings on your last note. On path and terms: this also sets against fixed "terms" and "path " established by Kong Zi, which leads to paralysis and inner rotting.(when something was wrong in middle earth, the emperor summoned princes who had to come with the proper marks, colours and _*terms*_ from the four directions and take their proper placegreen clad in east, white in west, aso so the order of universe could be restored anew)so one may consider Kong Zi as earth element, unvariant, ( isn't Kong Zi often represented with a Ju Men shaped skull?)and Lao Zi as the four other elements in transformation;As we are in principles, referring to He Tu would give Kong Zi, confucianism in center, and Lao Zi, daoism as the four branches in mouvement?Wouldn't this pattern render the chinese culture? I found a precise reference of ancient belief of square earth in Wang Chung's Lun Hen. It even goes to a precise measuring in square li.Anyway the earth has been figured squared in almost every culture at a time.Nice thing with luo pan is that it is also an actual historical time machine through chinese culture with outer ring in degrees signing contact with west and innermost heaven'spool the past horizon of birth of chinese culture! Among other meanings.... ;-) Cheers. S. :-)
Hi S,
Remembered when I said the followings: -
Happy Li Chun to Everyone,
I would have thought that the mud cow was quite difficult to find, seeing that it has dipped itself in the mud. That is why the Qian remain the Qian, the Kun remain the Kun for a hundred years. Impressive Gua of Gu. I remembered seeing such when Li Chun comes, led by the cow would only end up in the ditch, is perfectly what I had predicted. Perhaps there may be truth in forget about Niu Chuan Qian Kun, when there is nothing to Niu in the first place. Excellent!
Similarly interesting I learned is to forget about Stem. Stems are the gifts of Heaven, too high above, unable to reach, warrant a search for the branches, just to see that they too consist of stems! How contradicting! However in such contradictions there are conformation. This is called complexity and contradictions. Similarly, landform stood superior, yet using the Luopan to measure what? Isn't the Luopan is a compressed sets on formulea engraved in its circular disc? Meaningful coincidence. Excellent!
I suppose, if the Luopan is only as usable with its set of 24 mountains, discard away the 8 stems, leaving only the 16 mountains, the gigantic sized type would have been quite a burden for landform. The mini compass would have done a better cause. Yet the gigantic one has its cause, to lined up the formulea one against the other for better viewing and understanding. Another form of complexities and contradictions?
Personal view, the formula is meaningful when one knew its applications. Then the cow is important. Otherwise, just may I agree that it is all beautiful sightseeing and pictorous print, minus the stems and finally minus the cow.
Complexities and Contradictions
Do they, the experts had anything to say?
Just, fill up the bellies! That is Dao.
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