| | Gou: Yin yao is active, metal and wood interpenetrate each other; when wind spreads across the world, it is called Gou. Gou means meeting or encountering. The Yijing says: Yin meets Yang, and with Xun it forms the relationship of flying and hidden trigrams. When a man of high moral standing resides in the world, he respects those of lower status and determines auspiciousness or misfortune. Only take the image of one yao. Jiusi: The feudal lords are firm and strong above, while Yin energy resides below. The Yijing says: "Bound to a golden bridle." Xun accumulates Yin entering Yang; Xin and Ren descend, manifesting internal and external images. From the year Gengwu to Yihai, accumulation begins with water at Yihai and ends with earth at Bingxu; it cycles and repeats. The Five Planets begin from Weiwei with Taibai, the Well constellation enters from Xinchou, and the year Jianwu begins in Kun Palace. Yao Chuliu. The Yijing says: "Treading on frost, the hard ice is coming." Jianhai: "Dragons battle in the field." It corresponds to human affairs as the abdomen and as the mother. Among categories, it is associated with the horse. The Yijing says: "Walking on land without boundary." "Internally Xun is wind." "Qian is Heaven." When the wind spreads across the world, a junzi issues commands and proclaims to all directions. The thirty-six climatic periods of the Heaven-Wind qi image begin with wood entering metal; Yin cannot control Yang and thus attaches to the golden bridle. This is the gentle path of restraint in the Yijing; the Five Elements rise and fall, waxing and waning according to time. Yin sweeps over Yang and descends into Dun.
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