蒙
“Enveloping” —— 文王第 4 卦
蒙昧未開。正路是先找一位明師請教清楚,而不是閉著眼硬往前衝。
卦辭 THE JUDGMENT
亨。匪我求童蒙,童蒙求我。初筮告,再三瀆,瀆則不告。利貞。
Meng (indicates that in the case which it presupposes) there will be progress and success. I do not (go and) seek the youthful and inexperienced, but he comes and seeks me. When he shows (the sincerity that marks) the first recourse to divination, I instruct him. If he apply a second and third time, that is troublesome; and I do not instruct the troublesome. There will be advantage in being firm and correct.—— The I Ching, trans. James Legge, 1899(公有領域)1
象傳 THE IMAGE
《象》曰:山下出泉,蒙;君子以果行育德。
大象傳取象:由坎與艮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
發矇,利用刑人,用說桎梏;以往吝。
The first SIX, divided, (has respect to) the dispelling of ignorance. It will be advantageous to use punishment (for that purpose), and to remove the shackles (from the mind). But going on in that way (of punishment) will give occasion for regret.
包蒙,吉。納婦,吉;子克家。
The second NINE, undivided, (shows its subject) exercising forbearance with the ignorant, in which there will be good fortune; and admitting (even the goodness of women, which will also be fortunate. (He may be described also as) a son able to (sustain the burden of) his family.
勿用取女,見金夫,不有躬,無攸利。
The third SIX, divided, (seems to say) that one should not marry a woman whose emblem it might be, for that, when she sees a man of wealth, she will not keep her person from him, and in no wise will advantage come from her.
困蒙,吝。
The fourth SIX, divided, (shows its subject as if) bound in chains of ignorance. There will be occasion for regret.
童蒙,吉。
The fifth SIX, divided, shows its subject as a simple lad without experience. There will be good fortune.
擊蒙;不利為寇,利禦寇。
In the topmost NINE, undivided, we see one smiting the ignorant (youth). But no advantage will come from doing him an injury. Advantage would come from warding off injury from him.
看這一卦的象
第 4 卦,下卦坎(Water)、上卦艮(Mountain)——下為水在險阻之間尋路前行,上為穩守不移的靜定。傳統把這個組合讀成「Enveloping」的緣由正在這裡:蒙昧未開。正路是先找一位明師請教清楚,而不是閉著眼硬往前衝。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 4 卦的常見問題
第 4 卦「蒙(méng)」是什麼意思?
易經第 4 卦名為「蒙」(méng),通行英譯作「Enveloping」。這一卦是下卦坎(Water)、上卦艮(Mountain);傳統的象,是水在險阻之間尋路前行在下、穩守不移的靜定在上。
第 4 卦的象傳(大象辭)怎麼說?
《象》曰:山下出泉,蒙;君子以果行育德。這是大象傳對第 4 卦的取象——由坎與艮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 4 卦在感情上怎麼解讀?
在感情占問裡,「蒙」指向蒙昧未開。正路是先找一位明師請教清楚,而不是閉著眼硬往前衝。這一卦由坎(Water)在下、艮(Mountain)在上組成——水在險阻之間尋路前行在下、穩守不移的靜定在上,傳統上正是這股力量在兩個人之間運行的樣子。
第 4 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:下卦坎(Water)、上卦艮(Mountain)——水在險阻之間尋路前行在內、穩守不移的靜定在外。白話說,蒙昧未開。正路是先找一位明師請教清楚,而不是閉著眼硬往前衝。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 4 卦的動爻(變爻)怎麼看?
第 4 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 4 卦六爻全變,得第 49 卦革(Skinning)。本頁下方「逐爻詳解」另有六頁,逐爻對讀經文與 Legge 英譯。
第 4 卦跟其他卦是什麼關係?
第 4 卦六爻全變,得第 49 卦——革(Skinning)。上下顛倒,得第 3 卦——屯(Sprouting)。互卦——二至五爻的內在紋理——是第 24 卦復(Returning)。
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。