{"collection":"The I Ching, Legge tr.","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_ich_ic02_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_ich_ic02_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_ich_ic02_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/ich/ic02.htm","summary":"This is a classical Chinese divination text with commentary, specifically an excerpt from the I Ching (Book of Changes) presenting Hexagram 2, Khw\u0103n (\u5764/Earth), along with a traditional interpretive commentary. The hexagram is composed entirely of broken (yin) lines and represents receptivity, submission, and earth, contrasted with the preceding Hexagram 1 (Khien/Heaven), which embodies creative initiative. The main argument is that the ideal posture for the hexagram's subject \u2014 figured as a superior man or minister \u2014 is one of docility, correctness, and followership rather than leadership: taking initiative leads astray, while following one's lord leads to good fortune. Each of the six divided lines is interpreted symbolically, progressing from early caution (treading on frost as a warning of coming ice) through restraint, humble service, and self-effacement, to a cautionary finale where overreach causes conflict between yin and yang forces (\"dragons fighting in the wild\"). A notably distinctive claim in the commentary is that the femininity implied by the mare metaphor is secondary \u2014 the text is primarily concerned with the political ethics of ministerial subordination and loyalty to a ruler, not gender. The commentary also anchors the hexagram geographically within a cosmological map of trigrams, using cardinal directions to advise the subject on where to seek like-minded allies in service of a common lord.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"The I Ching, Legge tr.: The Y\u00ee King Text: Section I...","tradition":"The I Ching, Legge tr.","translated_text":null,"word_count":695}