Hexagram 44 · ䷫
Coming to Meet. The maiden is powerful. One should not marry such a maiden.
Judgment
Coming to Meet. The maiden is powerful. One should not marry such a maiden.
Image
Wind under heaven represents Coming to Meet. The sovereign dispenses his commands to the four quarters.
Lines
It must be checked with a bronze brake. Perseverance brings good fortune. If let go, one will see a swine covered with mud. Suspicious insinuations will abound. There is a fish in...
Coming to Meet. The maiden is powerful. One should not marry such a maiden.
Coming to Meet. The maiden is powerful. One should not marry such a maiden.
Coming to Meet means meeting. The soft meets the hard. One should not marry such a maiden because one cannot grow old with her. When heaven and earth meet, all creatures settle and take shape. When the hard is in the middle and correct, the great way of the whole world operates. The meaning of the time of Coming to Meet is great indeed.
Coming to Meet means meeting. The soft meets the hard. One should not marry such a maiden because they cannot grow old together. When heaven and earth meet, all creatures settle and take shape. When the hard is in the middle and correct, the great way operates.
Under heaven, wind: the image of Coming to Meet. The sovereign dispenses his commands to the four quarters of heaven.
Wind under heaven represents Coming to Meet. The sovereign dispenses his commands to the four quarters.
It must be checked with a brake of bronze. Perseverance brings good fortune. If one lets it go, he will see a swine covered with mud. There will be no lack of suspicious insinuations.
It must be checked with a bronze brake. Perseverance brings good fortune. If let go, one will see a swine covered with mud. Suspicious insinuations will abound.
Small Image
It must be checked with a brake of bronze: because the way of the soft is leading upward.
Checking with a bronze brake shows the way of the soft leading upward.
There is a fish in the tank. No blame. It does not further guests.
There is a fish in the tank. No blame. It does not further to entertain guests.
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There is a fish in the tank: this does not extend to guests.
Fish in the tank does not extend to guests.
There is no skin on his buttocks, and his pace is labored. Danger, but no great blame.
No skin on his buttocks, his pace is labored. Danger, but no great blame.
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His pace is labored: he is not yet drawn along.
Labored pace shows he is not yet drawn along.
No fish in the tank. This leads to misfortune.
No fish in the tank. This leads to misfortune.
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No fish in the tank leads to misfortune: because he has become distant from the people.
No fish leading to misfortune shows distance from people.
A melon covered with willow leaves. Hidden lines. Then it drops down to one from heaven.
A melon covered with willow leaves. Hidden lines. Then it drops down from heaven.
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Nine in the fifth place hides the lines: because of the correct middle. Then it drops down to one from heaven: because his will does not abandon his mandate.
Hiding lines in the fifth place shows correct middle; dropping from heaven shows will does not abandon mandate.
He comes to meet with his horns. Humiliation, but no blame.
He comes to meet with his horns. Humiliation, but no blame.
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He comes to meet with his horns: he is at the end and above, hence humiliation.
Coming to meet with horns shows being at the end and above, hence humiliation.
What does Kou / Coming to Meet mean in the I Ching?
Coming to Meet. The maiden is powerful. One should not marry such a maiden.
How should I study Hexagram 44 on this page?
Start with the judgment and image, then read the line statements in sequence. It must be checked with a bronze brake. Perseverance brings good fortune. If let go, one will see a swine covered with mud. Suspicious insinuations will abound. There is a fish in...
How can this hexagram be applied in a modern reading?
Coming to Meet means meeting. The soft meets the hard. One should not marry such a maiden because they cannot grow old together. When heaven and earth meet, all creatures settle and take shape. When the hard is in the mi...
Primary text: Zhouyi / I Ching, including the Judgment, Image, line texts, and related commentaries.
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