{"collection":"The I Ching, Legge tr.","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_ich_ic12_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_ich_ic12_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_ich_ic12_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/ic12.htm","summary":"This is a classical Chinese divinatory text \u2014 an excerpt from the I Ching (Book of Changes) \u2014 presenting Hexagram XII, called Ph\u00ee (Pi), which signifies standstill, obstruction, or decay. The hexagram is structurally the inverse of Hexagram XI (Th\u00e2i/Peace), with weak (yin) lines below and strong (yang) lines above, symbolizing a breakdown of communication and harmony between heaven and earth, or between social classes. The main content walks through each of the six lines, prescribing attitudes and forecasting outcomes: the weak lower lines counsel patience, obedience, and firm correctness as the proper response to adversity, while the strong upper lines describe the gradual overthrow of obstruction and a return to joy. The accompanying commentary (likely from the Shuo Gua or a traditional gloss) situates the hexagram in the seventh lunar month, framing the symbolism cosmologically as a season of declining vital energy after growth has peaked. A notably distinctive claim is the cautionary verse addressed to the fifth-line ruler \u2014 \"We may perish! We may perish!\" \u2014 arguing that only by maintaining anxious vigilance at the height of power can stability be secured. The text would interest readers studying classical Chinese philosophy, divination traditions, or the I Ching's method of deriving ethical guidance from symbolic structure.","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":582}