{"collection":"The I Ching, Legge tr.","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_ich_ic18_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_ich_ic18_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_ich_ic18_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/ic18.htm","summary":"This is a classical Chinese divinatory text from the *I Ching* (Book of Changes), presenting hexagram 18 (K\u00fb/G\u01d4) along with traditional line-by-line commentary. The hexagram's central argument is that K\u00fb represents a state of decay, corruption, or difficult inherited troubles \u2014 symbolized by the image of venomous worms \u2014 which can nonetheless be remedied through great effort, careful timing, and deliberate action, much like crossing a dangerous river. The six individual lines are interpreted through the metaphor of a son addressing problems caused by his father or mother, with each line's strength or weakness (yin/yang) shaping whether the son should act boldly, gently, or hold back. The commentary is notably candid about its own interpretive limits, openly admitting that the gendered symbolism (father/son/mother) does not map cleanly onto the yin/yang properties of the lines, and rejecting a specific historical reading that identifies the figures with King W\u00e9n, his wife, and King W\u01d4. The scholar-commentator's voice is unusually self-critical for this genre, quoting Latin from the Jesuit interpreter Regis to acknowledge that the nomenclature is essentially figurative and that forcing a literal or historical key onto the lines produces distortion. Overall, the passage functions as both a translation and a philological commentary on an ancient oracle text, useful to someone studying the I Ching's interpretive tradition or the history of its Western scholarly reception.","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":874}