Trigrams : self-restraint (bottom), direction (top) : with/from self-restraint
comes direction. [fire
over mountain]
The mud from which 56 has emerged is best described by analogy to the under-stated
qualities of hexagram 55,
abundance (dealing with diversities)
The I Ching tells us about hexagram 56:
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? :: 56
01 :: (24) : How does this hexagram 'start', express 'beginning'? :: 30
02 :: (07) : How does this hexagram express uniformity, establishment of? :: 50
03 :: (19) : How does this hexagram express approaching the 'high'; defer to the 'low'? :: 14
04 :: (15) : How does this hexagram level things out, keep words close to facts? :: 35
05 :: (36) : How does this hexagram protect its 'light' when not its time? :: 21
06 :: (46) : How does this hexagram become more entangled with something/someone? :: 64
07 :: (11) : How does this hexagram balance/harmonise, mediate? :: 38
08 :: (16) : How does this hexagram express foresight/planning? :: 52
09 :: (51) : How does this hexagram express surprise, enlightenment, shock? :: 22
10 :: (40) : How does this hexagram express tension release through relaxing structure? :: 18
11 :: (54) : How does this hexagram expend early energy, imaturity? :: 26
12 :: (62) : How does this hexagram express overacting to establish unconditional loyalty? :: 23
13 :: (55) : How does this hexagram deal with abundance/overflowing? :: 27
14 :: (32) : How does this hexagram express commitment? :: 4
15 :: (34) : How does this hexagram actively invigorate others? :: 41
16 :: (08) : How does this hexagram passively attract? :: 33
17 :: (03) : How does this hexagram 'sprout'? :: 13
18 :: (29) : How does this hexagram assert containment/control? :: 44
19 :: (60) : How does this hexagram standardise? :: 1
20 :: (39) : How does this hexagram obstruct, go against, stand up to, the flow? :: 12
21 :: (63) : How does this hexagram complete, 'get it right'? :: 25
22 :: (48) : Where does this hexagram get its nutrition, what sustains it, keeps it going? :: 6
23 :: (05) : How does this hexagram wait for opportunity to come? :: 10
24 :: (45) : How does this hexagram celebrate its 'faith'? :: 53
25 :: (17) : How does this hexagram find a faith? What is its faith? :: 37
26 :: (47) : How does this hexagram integrate with the context, be it by choice or otherwise? :: 57
27 :: (58) : How does this hexagram express itself intensely, self-reflect? :: 9
28 :: (31) : How does this hexagram 'woo', express restrained enticement? :: 20
29 :: (49) : How does this hexagram reveal, unmask? :: 42
30 :: (28) : How does this hexagram express excess, go beyond what is required? :: 59
31 :: (43) : How does this hexagram 'seed', spread the word? :: 61
32 :: (23) : How does this hexagram 'housekeep', clear chaff to bring out the wheat? :: 62
33 :: (27) : What is the basic, skelatal form of this hexagram, The mud from which it has emerged? :: 55
34 :: (04) : How does this hexagram learn social skills? :: 32
35 :: (41) : How does this hexagram achieve clarity, concentration, distillation? :: 34
36 :: (52) : How does this hexagram express blocking, discernment? :: 16
37 :: (22) : What does this hexagram look like, how does it present itself to the outside? :: 51
38 :: (18) : How does this hexagram correct corruption, express that correction? :: 40
39 :: (26) : How does this hexagram express 'holding firm' to traditions? :: 54
40 :: (35) : How does this hexagram bring something into the 'light'? :: 15
41 :: (21) : How does this hexagram resolve problems? :: 36
42 :: (64) : How does this hexagram remain 'open', mis-sequence? :: 46
43 :: (38) : How does this hexagram 'mirror', deal with opposition? :: 11
44 :: (56) : How does this hexagram demonstrate conditional loyalty; loyalty at a distance? :: 2
45 :: (30) : How does this hexagram express guidance/direction setting? :: 24
46 :: (50) : How does this hexagram express conversion of the raw to the cooked, transformation? :: 7
47 :: (14) : How does this hexagram manage from the centre? Direct operations? Push ideology? :: 19
48 :: (20) : How does this hexagram elicit admiration and so invigorate others passively? :: 31
49 :: (42) : How does this hexagram reflect augmentation? :: 49
50 :: (59) : How does this hexagram make things clear, dispell illusions? lift the fog? :: 28
51 :: (61) : How does this hexagram express empathy? yielding, soft core, hard exterior? :: 43
52 :: (53) : How does this hexagram express gradual development, maturity? :: 45
53 :: (37) : How does this hexagram reflect rigid structure as a form of tension release? :: 17
54 :: (57) : How does this hexagram cultivate and become influencial? :: 47
55 :: (09) : How does this hexagram express making small gains to be noticed? :: 58
56 :: (12) : How does this hexagram neutralise attacks on its core beliefs? :: 39
57 :: (25) : How does this hexagram stand up to say its piece, ignoring consequences, disentangle? :: 63
58 :: (06) : How does this hexagram compromise, meet half way? :: 48
59 :: (10) : How does this hexagram traverse a path carefully? :: 5
60 :: (33) : How does this hexagram draw-in its enemies, competitively entice? :: 8
61 :: (13) : How does this hexagram express association with the likeminded? :: 3
62 :: (44) : How does this hexagram persuade/seduce? :: 29
63 :: (01) : How does this hexagram express singlemindedness, competitiveness? :: 60
Some PAIRS of hexagram 56 with other hexagrams:
- In the binary sequence hexagram 56 pairs with hexagram 62.
- This pairing reflects an overall focus on issues of establishing and maintaining loyalty, be it in maintaining
loyality in a distant land of many attractions (hexagram 56), or in the need to exaggerate the traditions of a
collective to aid in maintaining the collective's structure (hexagram 62).
- In the binary sequence hexagram 56 opposes hexagram
60.
- Standardisations (60) mean a reduction in choices, but also in any sense of loyality (56) where since all
is standardised there is nothing to get 'excited' about. (56 is overall a differentiating hexagram, reflecting
remaining loyal over vast distances in time or space, reflecting the root trigram influence of blocking out - the
mountrain trigram in its refined form reflects the concept of discernment).
At the LOCAL level we are dealing with an octet of hexagrams with the trigram of MOUNTAIN as base. The association
is between 56 and 39 where the exaggerated sense of remaining loyal is reflected in a more balanced format in that
of being an obsticle to the 'mindless' flow of things; we do not advertise our loyalty, we just hold our 'ground'.
- In the traditional sequence hexagram 56 pairs with hexagram 55.
- GOING BEYOND:
55 : going beyond - through overflow, abundance, diversity; 55 abundance, diversity comes from a context described
by hexagram 56 - loyalty
56 : going beyond - through loyalty, stay focused; 56 loyalty comes from a context described by hexagram 55 - diversity
- In the traditional sequence hexagram 56 opposes hexagram 09.
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- The generic properties of hexagram 56 reflect the mixing of the generic properties of hexagram
62 with the generic properties of hexagram 55.
- A combination of issues of diversity (55) together with exaggerating traditions to maintain integration
of the collective (62) is reflected in the issues of loyalty covered in hexagram 56.
- In the variations on a theme sequence, hexagram 56 complements hexagram 30.
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C. J. Lofting
