否
“Obstruction” —— 文王第 12 卦
阻塞不通:溝通斷了,君子受困。站穩腳步,撐過這段局面。
卦辭 THE JUDGMENT
否之匪人,不利君子貞,大往小來。
In Pi there is the want of good understanding between the (different classes of) men, and its indication is unfavourable to the firm and correct course of the superior man. We see in it the great gone and the little come.—— The I Ching, trans. James Legge, 1899(公有領域)1
象傳 THE IMAGE
《象》曰:天地不交,否;君子以儉德辟難,不可榮以祿。
大象傳取象:由坤與乾的組合看出這個局面,並指出君子在此局面中的做法。——《周易》象傳,公有領域2
六爻 爻辭
拔茅茹,以其匯,貞吉,亨。
The first SIX, divided, suggests the idea of grass pulled up, and bringing with it other stalks with whose roots it is connected. With firm correctness (on the part of its subject), there will be good fortune and progress.
包承,小人吉。大人否,亨。
The second SIX, divided, shows its subject patient and obedient. To the small man (comporting himself so) there will be good fortune. If the great man (comport himself) as the distress and obstruction require, he will have success.
包羞。
The third SIX, divided, shows its subject ashamed of the purpose folded (in his breast).
有命無咎,疇離祉。
The fourth NINE, undivided, shows its subject acting in accordance with the ordination (of Heaven), and committing no error. His companions will come and share in his happiness.
休否,大人吉;其亡其亡,繫于苞桑。
In the fifth NINE, undivided, we see him who brings the distress and obstruction to a close,--the great man and fortunate. (But let him say), 'We may perish! We may perish!' (so shall the state of things become firm, as if) bound to a clump of bushy mulberry trees.
傾否,先否後喜。
The sixth NINE, undivided, shows the overthrow (and removal of) the condition of distress and obstruction. Before this there was that condition. Hereafter there will be joy.
看這一卦的象
第 12 卦,下卦坤(Earth)、上卦乾(Heaven)——下為承載萬物的厚土,上為創造之力向上推進。傳統把這個組合讀成「Obstruction」的緣由正在這裡:阻塞不通:溝通斷了,君子受困。站穩腳步,撐過這段局面。每當搖出這一卦,經典的提示,都會回到這兩股力量的交會。
關於第 12 卦的常見問題
第 12 卦「否(pǐ)」是什麼意思?
易經第 12 卦名為「否」(pǐ),通行英譯作「Obstruction」。這一卦是下卦坤(Earth)、上卦乾(Heaven);傳統的象,是承載萬物的厚土在下、創造之力向上推進在上。
第 12 卦的象傳(大象辭)怎麼說?
《象》曰:天地不交,否;君子以儉德辟難,不可榮以祿。這是大象傳對第 12 卦的取象——由坤與乾的組合看出這個局面,再指出君子在這樣的局面裡怎麼做。
第 12 卦在感情上怎麼解讀?
在感情占問裡,「否」指向阻塞不通:溝通斷了,君子受困。站穩腳步,撐過這段局面。這一卦由坤(Earth)在下、乾(Heaven)在上組成——承載萬物的厚土在下、創造之力向上推進在上,傳統上正是這股力量在兩個人之間運行的樣子。
第 12 卦對事業與金錢有什麼提示?
事業與金錢的問題,從卦象本身讀起:下卦坤(Earth)、上卦乾(Heaven)——承載萬物的厚土在內、創造之力向上推進在外。白話說,阻塞不通:溝通斷了,君子受困。站穩腳步,撐過這段局面。卦爻辭中出現 3 次「吉」,所以讀作可行——前提是照爻辭所說的舉止去做。
第 12 卦的動爻(變爻)怎麼看?
第 12 卦起出動爻時,六爻的爻辭(下方經文,自初爻讀到上爻)就是動爻的依據;動爻是這一卦在你所問之事裡「醒著」的那一部分。爻一動就變為相反的一爻,整卦隨之變成另一個卦:第 12 卦六爻全變,得第 11 卦泰(Pervading)。本頁下方「逐爻詳解」另有六頁,逐爻對讀經文與 Legge 英譯。
第 12 卦跟其他卦是什麼關係?
第 12 卦六爻全變,得第 11 卦——泰(Pervading)。上下顛倒,得第 11 卦——泰(Pervading)。互卦——二至五爻的內在紋理——是第 53 卦漸(Infiltrating)。
要解讀,不要只有卦文
同一個卦,一路讀到底:
- 每一爻都替你解——動爻在你所問之事裡的含意
- 之卦指向——事情正往哪裡去,變局怎麼讀
- 直答你的收束——行動、等待,還是說出口
相關卦 錯綜互
1 Legge, James(譯)。The Yi King,Sacred Books of the East 第十六卷(1899),公有領域。卦辭原文依傳世《周易》。2 象傳(大象辭)為先秦古籍,原文屬公有領域;引自維基文庫《周易/大象》通行本。· 僅供反思與娛樂——非財務、醫療或人生建議。