五岔路口

第3卦 屯(Zhun)

Difficulty at the Beginning
Fine Art
Unknown Artist — The Five Points

Unknown Artist — The Five Points

Unknown Artist (ca. 1827)

1827年的纽约街头。很乱,但人还是在那里活着。

Practical Integration

这幅画叫《五点区》,画的是1827年纽约最乱的街区。五条路在这里交汇,周围是歪歪斜斜的木屋、杂货店、酒馆。街上挤满了人——黑人、爱尔兰移民、穷人、小贩、打架的、跳舞的、站在门口发呆的。你看不出谁是好人谁是坏人,也看不出这条街要往哪里走。 「屯」这个字,本来是草刚从泥土里钻出来的样子。很难,但还是钻出来了。卦辞说:「元亨利贞,勿用有攸往,利建侯。」开头很好,但不要急着往前冲,先找几个人帮手。画里那些人不知道自己在「开头」。他们只是活着,在乱七八糟的街上活着。 后来五点区拆了,变成现在的曼哈顿中心。那些人去了哪里?没有人记得。「云雷,屯。君子以经纶。」混沌需要整理,乱丝需要有人理。但最吊诡的是——你永远不知道自己在开头还是结尾。混乱中的人只知道今天,不知道这一切会被后人叫做「草创」。

References & Citations

  1. The Five Points — Unknown Artist-ca. 1827. This watercolor depicts the Five Points, a notorious New York slum district in the 1820s. The chaotic street scene shows the difficult conditions and social disorder that characterize the early stages of breakthrough.

The Judgment

屯。元亨利贞。勿用有攸往。利建侯。Flynn 不试图第一日击败 MCP。他搵 Tron。他搵 Ram。他学习系统。

zhūnrallying
yuánfirst-rate
hēngfulfillment
worthwhile
zhēnto be persistent
not at all
yònguseful
yǒuto have
yōusomewhere
wǎngto go
worthwhile
jiànto enlist
hóudelegates

The Image

云雷,屯。君子以经纶。有技术的程序员睇错误日志,理解堆栈追踪,睇到混乱里面隐含的秩序。然后系统性咁调试。

yúnclouds
léithunder
zhūnrallying
jūnnoble
young one
accordingly
jīngsorts
lúnweft

The Lines (爻辭)

Line 1磐桓利居貞利建侯

páncliffs
huánall around
worthwhile
to stay
zhēnpersistence
worthwhile
jiànto enlist
hóudelegates

Line 2屯如邅如乘馬班如匪寇婚媾女子貞不字十年乃字

zhūnsummoning help
it may seems
zhānturning around
is the same as
chénga team of four
horses
bānarrayed
alike
fěiit
kòuassailant
hūnmarital
gòusuitor
lady
young
zhēndetermined
no
babies
shíten more
niányears
nǎiand
babies

Line 3即鹿無虞惟入于林中君子幾不如舍往吝

pursue
鹿deer
without
preparation
wéiall alone
entering
into
línforest's
zhōnginterior
jūnnoble
young one
discerning
this
the same thing as
shěgiving up
wǎngto go
lìnembarrassing

Line 4乘馬班如求婚媾往吉無不利

chénga team of four
horses
bānarrayed
alike
qiúquest
hūnmarital
gòusuitor
wǎngto go forward
promising
without
doubt
worthwhile

Line 5屯其膏小貞吉大貞凶

zhūnpulling together
one's
gāoriches
xiǎomodest
zhēnpersistence
promising
much
zhēnpersistence
xiōngunfortunate

Line 6乘馬班如泣血漣如

chénga team of four
horses
bānarrayed
alike
tears
xuèof blood
liánflowing
as if

Historical Context

Oracle Bone Script

雷(☳)在下面推上,水(☵)在上面压落——能量上升入危险。

Period

周代

Traditional Use

Wilhelm 描述这个为天地初次相遇产生个别存在的时刻。所有东西都在混乱运动,好似雷暴。

Character Analysis

雷上升(唤起力量、创造冲动),水下降(危险、未知)。它们混乱咁相遇。泉水涌出但未知流向哪。程序编译但首次运行崩溃。自然。

Configuration

Lower Trigram

Upper Trigram

Binary

100010

Energy State

向上推遇到向下危险。由下读到上:阳在底推,上面不确定同危险阻挡。

Trigram Symbolism

☵ 水(上)— 险,危险,未知 ☳ 雷(下)— 震,运动,主动 初次相遇产生混乱。