Trigrams : devotion (bottom), awareness (top) : with/from devotion comes awareness.
[heaven over earth]
The mud from which 16 has emerged is best described by analogy to the under-stated
qualities of hexagram 21
- problem solving (correcting deviations)
A situation focused on planning and anticipation of possible outcomes.
The I Ching tells us about hexagram 16:
The I Ching is a language. Its 'letters' are in the form of images reflecting generic, holistic, organic, qualities of meaning. The set of images is finite and the language is at a level of being able to describe itself through reference to itself by the method of analogy (thus the I Ching is "autological"). This allows us to describe the details of a hexagram through a manipulation of logic and the use of analogy. The following thus describes the details of the current hexagram through analogy to each of the other hexagrams. The logic used is in interpretation of hexagrams as part/whole interactions - as such the following is like a hexagram's spectrum and so a 'parts list'.
00 :: (02) : What is this hexagrams's potential form? :: 16
01 :: (24) : How does this hexagram 'start', express 'beginning'? :: 51
02 :: (07) : How does this hexagram express uniformity, establishment of? :: 40
03 :: (19) : How does this hexagram express approaching the 'high'; defer to the 'low'? :: 54
04 :: (15) : How does this hexagram level things out, keep words close to facts? :: 62
05 :: (36) : How does this hexagram protect its 'light' when not its time? :: 55
06 :: (46) : How does this hexagram become more entangled with something/someone? :: 32
07 :: (11) : How does this hexagram balance/harmonise, mediate? :: 34
08 :: (16) : How does this hexagram express foresight/planning? :: 2
09 :: (51) : How does this hexagram express surprise, enlightenment, shock? :: 24
10 :: (40) : How does this hexagram express tension release through relaxing structure? :: 7
11 :: (54) : How does this hexagram expend early energy, imaturity? :: 19
12 :: (62) : How does this hexagram express overacting to establish unconditional loyalty? :: 15
13 :: (55) : How does this hexagram deal with abundance/overflowing? :: 36
14 :: (32) : How does this hexagram express commitment? :: 46
15 :: (34) : How does this hexagram actively invigorate others? :: 11
16 :: (08) : How does this hexagram passively attract? :: 45
17 :: (03) : How does this hexagram 'sprout'? :: 17
18 :: (29) : How does this hexagram assert containment/control? :: 47
19 :: (60) : How does this hexagram standardise? :: 58
20 :: (39) : How does this hexagram obstruct, go against, stand up to, the flow? :: 31
21 :: (63) : How does this hexagram complete, 'get it right'? :: 49
22 :: (48) : Where does this hexagram get its nutrition, what sustains it, keeps it going? :: 28
23 :: (05) : How does this hexagram wait for opportunity to come? :: 43
24 :: (45) : How does this hexagram celebrate its 'faith'? :: 8
25 :: (17) : How does this hexagram find a faith? What is its faith? :: 3
26 :: (47) : How does this hexagram integrate with the context, be it by choice or otherwise? :: 29
27 :: (58) : How does this hexagram express itself intensely, self-reflect? :: 60
28 :: (31) : How does this hexagram 'woo', express restrained enticement? :: 39
29 :: (49) : How does this hexagram reveal, unmask? :: 63
30 :: (28) : How does this hexagram express excess, go beyond what is required? :: 48
31 :: (43) : How does this hexagram 'seed', spread the word? :: 5
32 :: (23) : How does this hexagram 'housekeep', clear chaff to bring out the wheat? :: 35
33 :: (27) : What is the basic, skelatal form of this hexagram, The mud from which it has emerged? :: 21
34 :: (04) : How does this hexagram learn social skills? :: 64
35 :: (41) : How does this hexagram achieve clarity, concentration, distillation? :: 38
36 :: (52) : How does this hexagram express blocking, discernment? :: 56
37 :: (22) : What does this hexagram look like, how does it present itself to the outside? :: 30
38 :: (18) : How does this hexagram correct corruption, express that correction? :: 50
39 :: (26) : How does this hexagram express 'holding firm' to traditions? :: 14
40 :: (35) : How does this hexagram bring something into the 'light'? :: 23
41 :: (21) : How does this hexagram resolve problems? :: 27
42 :: (64) : How does this hexagram remain 'open', mis-sequence? :: 4
43 :: (38) : How does this hexagram 'mirror', deal with opposition? :: 41
44 :: (56) : How does this hexagram demonstrate conditional loyalty; loyalty at a distance? :: 52
45 :: (30) : How does this hexagram express guidance/direction setting? :: 22
46 :: (50) : How does this hexagram express conversion of the raw to the cooked, transformation? :: 18
47 :: (14) : How does this hexagram manage from the centre? Direct operations? Push ideology? :: 26
48 :: (20) : How does this hexagram elicit admiration and so invigorate others passively? :: 12
49 :: (42) : How does this hexagram reflect augmentation? :: 25
50 :: (59) : How does this hexagram make things clear, dispell illusions? lift the fog? :: 6
51 :: (61) : How does this hexagram express empathy? yielding, soft core, hard exterior? :: 10
52 :: (53) : How does this hexagram express gradual development, maturity? :: 33
53 :: (37) : How does this hexagram reflect rigid structure as a form of tension release? :: 13
54 :: (57) : How does this hexagram cultivate and become influencial? :: 44
55 :: (09) : How does this hexagram express making small gains to be noticed? :: 1
56 :: (12) : How does this hexagram neutralise attacks on its core beliefs? :: 20
57 :: (25) : How does this hexagram stand up to say its piece, ignoring consequences, disentangle? :: 42
58 :: (06) : How does this hexagram compromise, meet half way? :: 59
59 :: (10) : How does this hexagram traverse a path carefully? :: 61
60 :: (33) : How does this hexagram draw-in its enemies, competitively entice? :: 53
61 :: (13) : How does this hexagram express association with the likeminded? :: 37
62 :: (44) : How does this hexagram persuade/seduce? :: 57
63 :: (01) : How does this hexagram express singlemindedness, competitiveness? :: 9
Some PAIRS of hexagram 16 with other hexagrams:
- In the traditional sequence hexagram 16 pairs with hexagram 15.
- REDUCE EXAGGERATIONS:
15 : reduce exaggerations - through re-distribution, even-out; 15 modesty comes out of a context described by hexagram
22 - facading, gloss over, cover up
16 : reduce exaggerations - through planning, think beforehand; 16 foresight, planning comes out of a context described
by hexagram 21 - problem solving, to chew over; reduce divergencies, deviations.
- In the binary sequence hexagram 16 pairs with hexagram 35.
- In this pairing there is an overall sense of 'things to come', with the focus in 35 on making progress through
differentiation by bringing 'something' into the light, and the focus on integration in 16 through the unconditional
use of foresight and planning.
- In the binary sequence hexagram 16 opposes hexagram
09.
- The opportunism of 09, where we accumulate small gains upon which to stand and go 'higher' is opposed by
the use of foresight and enthusiastic planning to achieve one's ends (16).
At the LOCAL level we are dealing with an octet of hexagrams with the EARTH trigram as base. In this sequence
hexagram 20, the focus upon being an example, admiration, is 'opposed' by hexagram 16, the use of one's own foresight/planning.
More so, the exaggerated sense of open enthusiasm, foresight, and planning is reflected in a more balanced format
through being an example for others, a source of admiration and so motivation for others.
- In the traditional sequence hexagram 16 opposes hexagram 49.
- Just as hexagram 49 covers intense revelations, unmasking, so hexagram 16 reduces the chances of such through the use of foresight.
- The generic properties of hexagram 16 reflect the mixing of the generic properties of hexagram
35 with the generic properties of hexagram 21.
- Mixing a focus on bringing something into the light (35) with a focus on problem solving (21) reflects the
generic properties of 16 with its focus on foresight and planning (all done with an enthusiastic aire).
- In the variations on a theme sequence, hexagram 16 complements hexagram 51.
- In this example of variations, 16 focuses on the use of foresight and planning whereas 51 focuses on the
'sudden' moment of enlightenment in understanding.high.
- The generic properties of hexagram 19 reflect the mixing of the generic properties of hexagram
41 with the generic properties of hexagram 04.
- Mixing the concept of 'masking' (04) with the notion of concentration, distillation (41) is reflected in
the properties of hexagram 19.
- In the variations on a theme sequence, hexagram 19 complements hexagram 07.
- This pairing reflects issues of command and control, where the rigid ordering of such expressed in hexagram
07 is complemented by the casual focus on approach to the 'high' and the deferring of the high to the 'low' in
hexagram 19.
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C. J. Lofting
