{"id":7165,"date":"2025-08-15T16:28:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.doorm.cn\/?p=7165"},"modified":"2025-08-15T16:28:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:28:20","slug":"oriental-health-aesthetics-the-time-of-professor-qiu-zhengluns-explanation-of-the-book-of-changes73%ef%bc%89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doorm.cn\/?p=7165","title":{"rendered":"Oriental Health Aesthetics: The Time of Professor Qiu Zhenglun&#8217;s Explanation of the Book of Changes(73\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video playsinline class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7165-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/video.jlpapa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250815145911798.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/video.jlpapa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250815145911798.mp4\">https:\/\/video.jlpapa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250815145911798.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Next comes the Kun Hexagram. Within the Kun hexagram, it states: &#8220;The earth&#8217;s disposition is receptive; the noble person cultivates abundant virtue to sustain all things.&#8221; This is from the Daxiang Zhuan(Great Image Commentary). It uses the term &#8220;earth&#8217;s disposition&#8221; (\u5730\u52e2 dishi), which relates to what we now call geomancy or feng shui \u2013 assessing the land&#8217;s energy, its potential, and its sustainability. So, &#8220;the earth&#8217;s disposition is receptive&#8221; \u2013 what does &#8220;receptive&#8221; (\u5764 Kun) mean? &#8220;The noble person cultivates abundant virtue to sustain all things&#8221; signifies the ability for generations to establish families and careers \u2013 this is the essence of Kun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Now, let&#8217;s look at the Six Yao (Lines)within the Kun hexagram and their accompanying text: <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Kun: Supreme success. Favorable for the perseverance of the mare. If the noble person undertakes an action, though he may initially go astray, he will later find his master. It is favorable. In the southwest, he gains companions; in the northeast, he loses companions. Rest in perseverance: auspicious.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Let me briefly explain this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Actually, Kun represents the feminine between man and woman, and the mother within the parent-child relationship. Look at its position in the Later Heaven Bagua arrangement: &#8220;Favorable in the southwest&#8221; because the southwest is Kun \u2013 Kun is the Earth Mother. For women situated in the southwest (Kun), &#8220;supreme success&#8221; signifies smoothness; it&#8217;s also an auspicious hexagram. But what does &#8220;favorable for the perseverance of the mare&#8221; mean? &#8220;Mare&#8221; (\u725d\u9a6c p\u00ecn m\u01ce) refers to a female horse. It&#8217;s favorable for the mare because Kun occupies the motherly position.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;If the noble person undertakes an action&#8230;&#8221;: The noble person can set forth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;&#8230;though he may initially go astray, he will later find his master&#8221;: One must first go through a period of confusion in life, then later find the &#8220;master&#8221; (\u4e3b zh\u01d4). What is this master? Self-mastery \u2013 autonomy and conscious agency. &#8220;Favorable&#8221; means this is a good thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;In the southwest, he gains companions&#8230;&#8221;: Pay attention \u2013 sisters, in ancient times, when women ventured out, it was among their own kind. &#8220;Gains companions in the southwest&#8221; \u2013 essentially, sisters, close female friends (&#8220;\u95fa\u871c&#8221; gu\u012bm\u00ec as we say today). Having many companions there isn&#8217;t necessarily all good, though. Look: &#8220;&#8230;in the northeast, he loses companions.&#8221; Remember the Xian (Influence) hexagram we discussed earlier? Where does one go? One must leave behind those sisterly bonds formed in the southwest (&#8220;loses companions&#8221;) and go to the northeast. Where is the northeast? That&#8217;s the Gen hexagram (Mountain), representing the youngest son \u2013 she has married. &#8220;Rest in perseverance: auspicious&#8221; \u2013 as long as she settles in the northeast, establishes her home, and lives there (since in the past, women followed their husbands after marriage, unlike today). So, the broad meaning of Kun represents these six stages of life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">First Six (Yin line at the bottom): &#8220;Treading on frost; solid ice is coming.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>The First Six is the initial position. All Yin lines are called &#8220;Six,&#8221; so the first Yin line is &#8220;First Six.&#8221; This signifies the changing season: &#8220;Treading on frost&#8221; \u2013 stepping on frost \u2013 oh, winter is coming. &#8220;Solid ice is coming&#8221; \u2013 this calls for heightened vigilance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Six in the Second Place: &#8220;Straight, square, great.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>As heaven is round and earth is square, the four directions (east, south, west, north) are square. &#8220;Straight&#8221; (\u76f4 zh\u00ed) urges us to walk the straight path, avoiding detours \u2013 especially recalling the great straight roads of the Western Zhou Dynasty. &#8220;Square&#8221; (\u65b9 f\u0101ng) and &#8220;great&#8221; (\u5927 d\u00e0) signify the vastness of the earth with its four directions. Translated to life, this means holding firmly to one&#8217;s beliefs and convictions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><div class=\"floating-menu float-menu-1 notranslate\"><ul class=\"fm-bar\"><li class=\"fm-item-1-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doorm.cn\/recommend.php\" target=\"_self\" ><div class=\"fm-icon\"><i class=\"fab fa-youtube \"><\/i><\/div><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next comes the Kun Hexagram. 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