馬市

第26卦 大畜(Da Chu)

The Taming Power of the Great
Fine Art
Rosa Bonheur — The Horse Fair

Rosa Bonheur — The Horse Fair

Rosa Bonheur (1852–55)

波納爾畫了巴黎的馬市。那些馬很烈,但有人牽著。

Practical Integration

塵土飛揚,馬在嘶叫。一群馬販牽著馬穿過市場,有的馬在掙扎,有的馬在跳。羅莎·波納爾花了十八個月在巴黎的馬市速寫,然後畫了這幅兩米多長的大畫。她穿男裝去市場——因為當時女人不方便去那種地方——站在馬販中間,看他們怎麼控制那些力量。 我想起在沙田馬場看賽馬。馬從閘門出來的一刻,你可以感覺到那種力量——幾百公斤的肌肉,全速衝向前。但牠們不是亂跑,牠們跟著騎師的指令,跟著跑道的彎度。力量很大,但有方向。 「大畜」這個卦,山在上,天在下。天的力量被山擋住,積蓄在裡面。卦辭說:「利貞。不家食,吉。利涉大川。」有利於正固。不在家裡吃飯,吉。有利於渡過大河。不在家吃飯——大概是說要出去做事,把積蓄的力量用出來。但還不是現在。波納爾那些馬,牠們還在市場,還沒有被買走。買走之後,牠們會拉車、會犁田、會打仗。但現在,牠們只是被牽著,等著。 《象》說:「天在山中,大畜。君子以多識前言往行,以畜其德。」天在山裡面,這是大畜。君子要多記住古人的話和古人的事,來積蓄自己的德行。這句話讓我想起一件事——波納爾在畫這幅畫之前,臨摹了很多古代的馬畫,希臘的、羅馬的、文藝復興的。她把前人的方法都學會了,然後去馬市看真的馬。積蓄,然後用。

References & Citations

  1. The Horse Fair — Rosa Bonheur-1852–55. Bonheur's monumental painting depicts powerful horses restrained by handlers at the Paris horse market on Boulevard de l'Hôpital. The dynamic composition shows great force held in check—wild energy tamed through skill and persistence. She sketched at the market for eighteen months, studying how accumulated strength is channeled and controlled.

The Judgment

Taming Power of the Great。堅持有利。聚集同store;然後有節制咁release。無韁嘅力量會waste自己;有韁嘅力量走得遠。

great
chùraising beasts
it is worthwhile
zhēnto be persistent
but no
jiāat home
shídine
is promising
it is worthwhile
shèto cross
the great
chuānstream

The Image

天在山中:stored power嘅image。所以智者將knowledge準備好——codes、clocks同checks——當需要action時,精確而唔會fail。

tiānheaven
zàiis
shānthe mountain
zhōngin the center
great
chùraising beasts
jūnthe noble
young one
makes use of
duōan plentiful
shírecorded knowledge
qiánof early
yánword
wǎngand former
xíngprogress
with which
chùto train
this
character

The Lines (爻辭)

Line 1有厲利已

yǒuthis
hardship
worthwhile
to desist

Line 2輿說輹

輿the carriage
shuōis relieved
its axle strut

Line 3良馬逐利艱貞日閑輿衛利有攸往

liánga fine
horse
zhúgives chase
worth
jiāndifficult
zhēnpersistence
daily
xiántraining
輿in
wèiand
worthwhile
yǒuto have
yōusomewhere
wǎngto go

Line 4童牛之牿元吉

tóngthe young
niúbull
zhī...'s
a pen
yuánmost
promising

Line 5豶豕之牙吉

fénthe gelded
shǐboar
zhī...'s
tusks
promising

Line 6何天之衢亨

what
tiānheaven
zhī...'s
way
hēngthrough fulfillment

Historical Context

Oracle Bone Script

上卦☶(山)喺下卦☰(天)上面:下面有巨大力量,俾個堅固barrier馴服同訓練。

Period

周朝

Traditional Use

第26卦(大畜,Taming Power of the Great)話你知要積蓄力量,然後restraint住佢直到可以精確引導——cultivation、training、preparedness。

Character Analysis

Von Neumann嘅架構係cultivated strength:積累capability(memory、logic、speed),然後用timing、coding同structure bridle住佢,令佢serve design而唔係spill into noise。

Configuration

Lower Trigram

Upper Trigram

Binary

111001

Energy State

巨大嘅creative force俾structure discipline住。從下面讀上去:純粹嘅creative energy(天)升緊;靜止嘅山cap住佢同channel住佢——stored、trained、released on cue。

Trigram Symbolism

☶ 山(上)——stillness、restraint、storage ☰ 天(下)——creative power、generative potential 山在天上=cultivated、harnessed power