k'un the receptive坤卦

快乐宝贝

初六,履霜，坚冰至。
Six at the beginning means: When there is hoarfrost underfoot,        Solid ice is not far off.
六二，直方大，不习无不利。
Six in the second place means: Straight, square, great.Without purpose, yet nothing remains unfurthered.
六三，含章可贞，或从王事，无成有终。
Six in the third place means:Hidden lines.One is able to remain persevering.
六四，括囊，无咎无誉。
Six in the fourth place means:A tied-up sack. No blame, no praise.
六五，黄裳，元吉。
Six in the fifth place means:A yellow lower garment brings supreme good fortune.
上六，龙战于野，其血玄黄。Six at the top meansragons fight in the meadow.Their blood is black and yellow.
The broken lines represents the dark, yielding, receptive primal power of yin.
这六条虚线表示黑暗、顺从、接受性的那种阴性的原始力量。
The attribute of the hexagram is devotion; its image is the earth.
这个卦的属性是“奉献”，它的表现形式是“地球”。
It is the perfect complement of THE CREATIVE—the complement, not the opposite, for the Receptive does not combat the Creative but completes it .
它是乾卦非常好的补充，而不是对立，因为接受不代表抗衡，而是使乾更完美。
It represents nature in contrast to spirit, earth in contrast to heaven, space as against time, the female-maternal as against the male-paternal.
这两个卦的性质是相对照的，地对照天；空间对照时间；女人对照男人。
However, as applied to human affairs, the principle of this complementary relationship is found not only in the relation between man and woman, but also in that between prince and minister and
between father and son.
然而，就人事角度来说呢，这种互补的关系不仅代表男人和女人，还代表君和臣；父与子 。
Indeed, even in the individual this duality appears in the coexistence of the spiritual world and the world of the senses.
实际上，即便是针对个人来说，这种二原性也能体现出来，比如，精神世界和感官世界。
But strictly speaking there is no real dualism here, because there is a clearly defined hierarchic relationship between the two principles.
但是，严格来讲，并不存在二元论，由于在两个原则之间有一个清晰的等级关系。
In itself of course the Receptive is just as important as the Creative, but the attribute of devotion defines the place occupied by this primal power in relation to the Creative.
当然就本身来讲，“坤”本身也具有创造性，但是，其奉献力量对于“坤”来讲占主导因素。
For the Receptive must be activated and led by the Creative; then it is productive of good.
“坤”只有被“乾”带动起来一起干事，才能有好的结果。
Only when it abandons this position and tries to stand as an equal side by side with the Creative, does it become evil.
如果有那么一天，“坤”放弃了顺从的立场，试图同“乾”站到同等位置的时候，那将是一场恶战。
The result then is opposition to and struggle against the Creative, which is productive of evil to both.
结果是双方成为对立面，并相互斗争，最后一定是两败俱伤。

朱天民

易经太深奥了~~~