Xu Hexagram 需卦

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Xu is constituted by the upper trigram Kan (the abyss, water) and the bottom trigram Chien (perseverance, the sky).
需卦是由坎和乾组成的。上三爻为坎，下三爻为天。
The original meaning of Xu is 'to stop due encountering rain'; the image of the hexagram Xu is the cloud above the sky, signifying to wait (for it to rain); Confucian paraphrases it as: peril is in front, one with rigidity and perseverance won't be trapped (while waiting); people should yield to one another instead of fighting for them, otherwise it will leads to Sung: litigation (hexagram 6).
需的原意为“遇到雨而停止”；需卦的卦象是天上边有雨，意味着等待；孔子认为，因为前面有危险，所以要是不耐心等待，而贸然行动的话，就会有危险；人们做事情应该顺天意，否则的话就会有灾祸。
Hence Xu is annotated as to wait and its hexagram text can be understood as: Xu (to wait), (with) sincerity & trust, to progress smoothly and brightly (ie with hope); it is auspicious to persist. There must be a target at which the waiting is aimed; it must be done with sincerity & trust; sincerity means that it must respect waiting and wait with patience, and trust means that the planned action must be taken when the right timing arrives.
因此，需卦意味着等待，卦文上认为还可以理解为，诚意和信任。而这些都以为着我门要想实现自己的理想，要用一种缓和与坦诚的方式去进行，只有耐心等待和坚持不懈，才是吉的。等待是有目的的等待；一定用诚恳和坦诚的方式去做事情；诚恳意味着要怀着尊重的态度去耐心的等待，而坦诚在时机到了的时候要有计划的，并且采取正确的方法去行动。

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