老船

第35卦 晉(Jin)

Fine Art
J.M.W. Turner — The Fighting Temeraire

J.M.W. Turner — The Fighting Temeraire

J.M.W. Turner (1839)

透納畫了一艘老軍艦被小蒸汽船拖走。太陽正在下山。

Practical Integration

那艘大船叫「無畏號」,打過特拉法加海戰,跟過納爾遜。透納一八三九年畫這幅畫的時候,它已經退役了,正在被一艘小小的蒸汽船拖去拆解。大船的帆是白色的,蒸汽船的煙囪是黑色的,冒著煙。後面是夕陽,金紅色的,把整片水都染了。 我想起天星小輪。不是現在那些新船,是以前那些——綠色的,有兩層,風吹進來很大。後來換了新船,有冷氣,密封的窗,快了幾分鐘。但坐在裡面,看不見海了。進步是這樣的,你得到一些東西,也失去一些東西。 「晉」這個卦,火在地上。太陽升起來,照亮大地。卦辭說:「康侯用錫馬蕃庶,晝日三接。」康侯受賞賜很多馬,一天之內見了君王三次。這是被提拔、被重用的意思。但透納那幅畫,畫的不是升起,是落下。也許這就是晉的另一面——你升上去了,總有一天也要下來。 《象》說:「明出地上,晉。君子以自昭明德。」光明從地上升起,這是晉。君子要自己彰顯自己的德行。透納那艘老船,它的光輝已經過去了,但透納把它畫下來,讓它永遠停在那個黃昏。進步是什麼?也許就是知道什麼時候該讓位,然後安靜地走。

References & Citations

  1. The Fighting Temeraire — J.M.W. Turner-1839. Turner painted this in 1839 depicting the HMS Temeraire, a warship from the Battle of Trafalgar, being towed by a steam tugboat to be scrapped. The old sailing ship gives way to new steamship technology, showing progress through generational transition.

The Judgment

晉,康侯用錫馬蕃庶,晝日三接。前進帶來榮譽同認可,當內在清明變得明顯時。

jìnexpansion
kāngthe prosperous
hóulord
yòngpresent
grants
of horses
fānin
shùthe multitude
zhòuand (in
one day
sānthree times
jiēmeet

The Image

明出地上,晉。君子以自昭明德。

míngthe light clarity
chūrises
^(the) earth
shàngover

The Lines (爻辭)

Line 1晉如摧如貞吉罔孚裕無咎

jìn^expansion
it may seem that v
cuī^ overwhelmed
is to be
zhēnbut persistence
is promising
wǎnguse wits
for trust
and be tolerant
no
jiùblame

Line 2晉如愁如貞吉受茲介福于其王母

jìn^ expansion
it may seem that v
chóu^ anxious
is to be
zhēnbut persistence
is promising
shòuaccept
these present
jièboundary
as (if
from
one's (own)
wánggrand-
mother [i.e. graciously and gratefully]

Line 3眾允悔亡

zhòngmany
yǔnpermission
huǐregret(s)
wángpass

Line 4晉如鼫鼠貞厲

jìnadvancing
just
shíthe squirrelly
shǔrodent
zhēnpersistence
is harsh

Line 5悔亡失得勿恤往吉無不利

huǐregret(s)
wángpass
shīabout
and gain
are not to be
taken to heart
wǎngsimply to go
is promising
without
doubt
worthwhile

Line 6晉其角維用伐邑厲吉無咎貞吝

jìnadvancing
one's
jiǎohorns
wéilimit
yòngthis practice
to subjugate
of the home town
that harsh
is promising
is not
jiùto be blamed
zhēnbut persistence
lìnis embarrassment

Historical Context

Oracle Bone Script

火(☲)在上,地(☷)在下——光從接受性大地升起,照亮隱藏嘅嘢。

Period

周代

Traditional Use

古文描述晉進同前進,特別透過自己嘅光明同清明。君子自明其明德。前進發生於內在清明照亮前路時。

Character Analysis

『晉』字意味前進、進步、向前移動。火卦在地上暗示啟蒙從堅實基礎升起。Crowley 同 Harris:神秘學知識(堅實基礎)透過藝術清明變得光明(升起之火)。

Configuration

Lower Trigram

Upper Trigram

Binary

000101

Energy State

火從地升起——太陽爬過地平線,照亮景觀。光從接受性基礎浮現。

Trigram Symbolism

☲ 火(上)— 麗,清明,照亮 ☷ 地(下)— 順,基礎,實質 透過令內在知識可見同清晰而前進。