婚宴

第45卦 萃(Cui)

Gathering Together
Fine Art
Bruegel — Peasant Wedding

Bruegel — Peasant Wedding

Bruegel (1567)

布鲁盖尔画了乡下人的婚宴。新娘坐在中间,但你几乎看不见她。

Practical Integration

谷仓很大,人很多。有人在传盘子,有人在倒酒,有人在吃东西,有人在聊天。新娘在哪里?在后面,坐在绿布前面,头上有纸做的皇冠。但你不会先看到她——你先看到的是那些传菜的人、那些吃东西的人、那些挤在一起的人。布鲁盖尔1567年画这幅《农民的婚礼》。新娘是配角,吃喝才是主角。 「萃,亨。王假有庙。」萃卦说的是聚集。聚集需要中心,需要理由。王到宗庙去,是因为宗庙能聚人心。布鲁盖尔的画里,中心是新娘,理由是婚礼。但新娘几乎看不见,大家只是在吃在喝。聚集不等于融合。 《象》曰:「泽上于地,萃。君子以除戎器,戒不虞。」水聚在地上成为湖,人聚在一起成为宴。但聚集也有风险——水聚则有溃堤之险,人聚则有纷争之虑。布鲁盖尔画里有一个人在角落,独自喝酒,没有跟任何人说话。他也是客人,但他好像不在这里。聚集是表象,孤独是底色。

References & Citations

  1. Peasant Wedding — Bruegel-1567. Bruegel painted this scene of a Flemish peasant wedding feast in a barn. The crowd gathers around the bride (under the paper crown) as servers carry platters and a bagpiper waits to play. The communal gathering around shared food and celebration connects to hexagram 45's theme of gathering together.

The Judgment

萃,亨。王假有庙,利见大人,亨,利贞。用大牲吉,利有攸往。

cuìcollectedness
hēngfulfillment
wángsovereign
jiǎcomes
yǒuhis
miàoancestral temple
worthwhile
jiànto see
mature
rénhuman being
hēngmaking a
worthwhile
zhēnto be persistent
yòngto use
great
shēngsacrificial beasts
is promising
worthwhile
yǒuto have
yōusomewhere
wǎngto go

The Image

泽上于地,萃;君子以除戎器,戒不虞。

lake
shàngis raised
upon
the earth
cuìcollectedness
jūnnoble
young one
accordingly
chúsets
róngweapons
and tools
jièand
lack
provision

The Lines (爻辭)

Line 1有孚不終乃亂乃萃若號一握為笑勿恤往無咎

yǒubeing
true
is not
zhōngall
nǎiif first
luànconfused
nǎiand then
cuìgather
ruòseeming
hàoto call
and one
helping handclasp
wéibecomes
xiàolaughter
do not
worry
wǎnggo
without
jiùguilt

Line 2引吉無咎孚乃利用禴

yǐnto be led
is the promises
no
jiùblame
but sincerity
nǎiis
the real worth
yòngin
yuèthe modest

Line 3萃如嗟如無攸利往無咎小吝

cuìto congregate
it seems that
jiēa lamentation
is like
this is no
yōudirection
with merit
wǎngto go
is not
jiùblameworthy
xiǎobut a little
lìnembarrassment

Line 4大吉無咎

much
promise
no
jiùblame

Line 5萃有位無咎匪孚元永貞悔亡

cuìassemble
yǒuwith
wèiplace
no
jiùblameworthy
fěibut to be without
assurance
yuánmeans an extremely
yǒngprolonged
zhēnpersistence
huǐbut
wángwill pass

Line 6齎咨涕洟無咎

offer up
counsel
but
and sniveling
but
jiùblame

Historical Context

Oracle Bone Script

泽(☱)在上,地(☷)在下——水聚集在接受性的地面上,能量自然汇合。

Period

周朝

Traditional Use

古文描述聚集为接近祖先庙宇——建立一个值得的中心,吸引多样性并且不用力地组织它。

Character Analysis

萃字意味聚集、集合。兑(泽)在坤(地)上:喜悦建立在接受性上。沃霍尔的工厂正是如此:一个磁性中心,1960年代纽约在银光下汇合,生产无等级。

Configuration

Lower Trigram

Upper Trigram

Binary

000110

Energy State

泽在地上,水聚集在地球上,汇集成池。聚集、汇集、磁性中心吸引各种元素。

Trigram Symbolism

☱ 泽(上卦)- 兑,聚集,喜悦 ☷ 地(下卦)- 坤,接纳,包容 水聚集在地球上,创造聚集点。