Opposition (Estrangement) - Hexagram 38

睽 Hexagram 38 K'uei - Opposition
		above: Li / The Clinging, Flame
		above: Li / The Clinging, Flame


		below: Tui / The Joyous, Lake
		below: Tui / The Joyous, Lake

CHANGING LINE:

Hexagram Thirty-Eight/Line Six

Nine at the top means:
Isolated through opposition,
One sees one's companion as a pig covered with dirt,
As a wagon full of devils.
First one draws a bow against him,
Then one lays the bow aside.
He is not a robber; he will woo at the right time.
As one goes, rain falls; then good fortune comes.

Rain Princess

'Rain Princess' - Leonid Afremov

Here the isolation is due to misunderstanding; it is brought about not by outer circumstances but by inner conditions. A man misjudges his best friends, taking them to be as unclean as a dirty pig and as dangerous as a wagon full of devils. He adopts an attitude of defense. But in the end, realizing his mistake, he lays aside the bow, perceiving that the other is approaching with the best intentions for the purpose of close union. Thus the tension is relieved. The union resolves the tension, just as falling rain relieves the sultriness preceding a thunderstorm. All goes well, for just when opposition reaches its climax it changes over to its antithesis.

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Hexagram 38K'uei - Opposition

Hexagram 38
K'uei - Opposition