About this episode
This episode explores the I Ching hexagram ䷂ - 屯, discussing its meanings and implications regarding difficult beginnings and the nature of action in the face of danger.
https://theqiflow.com/pages/i-ching-hexagram-3 From [Zhu Xi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Xi)'s "Original Meaning Of the Yijing": 屯/Zhun (Difficult Beginning) Kan/Water above Zhen/Thunder below Zhen has a single yang line moving in beneath two yin lines, so it's virtue is activity and it's image is thunder. Kan has a single yang trapped between two yin lines, so it's virtue is being trapped, or danger; it's image is clouds, rain or water. Zhun is the name of this hexagram. It means the point when something is beginning to arise but has not yet fully come through. In terms of the character it represents a sprout beginning to break out of the earth but not yet through. The hexagram is Zhen encountering Kan, hence the name of the hexagram. Zhen is active below and Kan is danger above; this is the ability to act in the midst of danger. Although the ability to act can be successful, when in danger it is better to hold onto correctness (aka correct principles; observe the times before making a move) and not to advance suddenly. Therefore when a divination yields this hexagram, the prognostication is greatly successful, appropriate and correct, but one can not suddenly have…
People in this episode
Host: Brave-Smoke
Topics covered
- I Ching
- hexagram interpretation
- philosophy
- divination
- beginning challenges
Keywords
- hexagram 3
- difficulty in the beginning
- Zhun
- Kan
- Zhen
- divination
- Yijing
- philosophical interpretation
- thunder
- water
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Original Meaning Of the Yijing, I Ching
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