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Ancient Classics -> Book of Changes -> Wen Yan -> Qian -> 17

”,。“”,天下。“”,。“”,。“”,。“”,”,'The dragon lies hid in the deep - it is not the time for active doing:'--the energy denoted by the undivided line is laid up and hid away as in the deep. 'The dragon appears in the field:'--all under heaven (begins to be) adorned and brightened. 'All the day active and vigilant:'--continually, as the time passes and requires, does he act. 'He is as if he were leaping up, (but still) is in the deep:'--a change is taking place in the method indicated by (this) Qian diagram. 'The dragon is on the wing in the sky this shows that his place is based on his heavenly virtue. 'The dragon exceeds the (proper) limit - there will be occasion for repentance:'--the time is come to an end, and so also is his opportunity. Undivided NINES appear in all these representations of the great and originating power denoted by Qian:--and (from what follows in the Yao) we see the model (of action) afforded by heaven.


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