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)

一八二七年的紐約街頭。很亂,但人還是在那裡活著。

Practical Integration

這幅畫叫《五點區》,畫的是一八二七年紐約最亂的街區。五條路在這裡交匯,周圍是歪歪斜斜的木屋、雜貨店、酒館。街上擠滿了人——黑人、愛爾蘭移民、窮人、小販、打架的、跳舞的、站在門口發呆的。你看不出誰是好人誰是壞人,也看不出這條街要往哪裡走。 我想起深水埗。不是現在那個有咖啡店和文青小舖的深水埗,是更早以前的,我阿嫲講過的那個。木屋、天台屋、籠屋,擠在一起。街上有賣菜的、補鞋的、收買爛銅爛鐵的。亂,但亂得有自己的秩序。 「屯」這個字,本來是草剛從泥土裡鑽出來的樣子。很難,但還是鑽出來了。卦辭說:「元亨,利貞,勿用有攸往,利建侯。」大概是說:開頭很好,但不要急著往前衝,先找幾個人幫手。 我看著畫裡那些人,想:他們不知道自己在「開頭」。他們只是活著,在亂七八糟的街上活著。後來五點區拆了,變成現在的曼哈頓中心。那些人去了哪裡?沒有人記得。開頭很難,但最難的是——你永遠不知道自己在開頭還是結尾。

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。元亨利貞。勿用有攸往。利建侯。Flynn 唔試圖第一日擊敗 MCP。佢搵 Tron。佢搵 Ram。佢學習系統。

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

The Image

雲雷,屯。君子以經綸。有技術嘅程式員睇錯誤日誌,理解堆棧追蹤,睇到混亂入面隱含嘅秩序。然後系統性咁調試。

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(☳)喺下面推上,水(☵)喺上面壓落——能量上升入危險。

Period

周代

Traditional Use

Wilhelm 描述呢個為天地初次相遇產生個別存在嘅時刻。所有嘢都喺混亂運動,好似雷暴。

Character Analysis

雷上升(喚起力量、創造衝動),水下降(危險、未知)。佢哋混亂咁相遇。泉水湧出但未知流向邊。程式編譯但首次運行崩潰。自然。

Configuration

Lower Trigram

Upper Trigram

Binary

100010

Energy State

向上推遇到向下危險。由下讀到上:陽喺底推,上面不確定同危險阻擋。

Trigram Symbolism

☵ 水(上)— 險,危險,未知 ☳ 雷(下)— 震,運動,主動 初次相遇產生混亂。