Trigrams : self-restraint (bottom), intensity (top) : with/from self-restraint
comes intensity. [lake
over mountain]
The mud from which 31 has emerged is best described by analogy to the under-stated
qualities of hexagram 13,
associating with others (like-mindedness)
The I Ching tells us about hexagram 31:
The I Ching is a language. Its 'letters' are in the form of images reflecting generic, holistic, organic, qualities of meaning. The set of images is finite and the language is at a level of being able to describe itself through reference to itself by the method of analogy (thus the I Ching is "autological"). This allows us to describe the details of a hexagram through a manipulation of logic and the use of analogy. The following thus describes the details of the current hexagram through analogy to each of the other hexagrams. The logic used is in interpretation of hexagrams as part/whole interactions - as such the following is like a hexagram's spectrum and so a 'parts list'.
00 :: (02) : What is this hexagrams's potential form? :: 31
01 :: (24) : How does this hexagram 'start', express 'beginning'? :: 49
02 :: (07) : How does this hexagram express uniformity, establishment of? :: 28
03 :: (19) : How does this hexagram express approaching the 'high'; defer to the 'low'? :: 43
04 :: (15) : How does this hexagram level things out, keep words close to facts? :: 45
05 :: (36) : How does this hexagram protect its 'light' when not its time? :: 17
06 :: (46) : How does this hexagram become more entangled with something/someone? :: 47
07 :: (11) : How does this hexagram balance/harmonise, mediate? :: 58
08 :: (16) : How does this hexagram express foresight/planning? :: 39
09 :: (51) : How does this hexagram express surprise, enlightenment, shock? :: 63
10 :: (40) : How does this hexagram express tension release through relaxing structure? :: 48
11 :: (54) : How does this hexagram expend early energy, imaturity? :: 5
12 :: (62) : How does this hexagram express overacting to establish unconditional loyalty? :: 8
13 :: (55) : How does this hexagram deal with abundance/overflowing? :: 3
14 :: (32) : How does this hexagram express commitment? :: 29
15 :: (34) : How does this hexagram actively invigorate others? :: 60
16 :: (08) : How does this hexagram passively attract? :: 62
17 :: (03) : How does this hexagram 'sprout'? :: 55
18 :: (29) : How does this hexagram assert containment/control? :: 32
19 :: (60) : How does this hexagram standardise? :: 34
20 :: (39) : How does this hexagram obstruct, go against, stand up to, the flow? :: 16
21 :: (63) : How does this hexagram complete, 'get it right'? :: 51
22 :: (48) : Where does this hexagram get its nutrition, what sustains it, keeps it going? :: 40
23 :: (05) : How does this hexagram wait for opportunity to come? :: 54
24 :: (45) : How does this hexagram celebrate its 'faith'? :: 15
25 :: (17) : How does this hexagram find a faith? What is its faith? :: 36
26 :: (47) : How does this hexagram integrate with the context, be it by choice or otherwise? :: 46
27 :: (58) : How does this hexagram express itself intensely, self-reflect? :: 11
28 :: (31) : How does this hexagram 'woo', express restrained enticement? :: 2
29 :: (49) : How does this hexagram reveal, unmask? :: 24
30 :: (28) : How does this hexagram express excess, go beyond what is required? :: 7
31 :: (43) : How does this hexagram 'seed', spread the word? :: 19
32 :: (23) : How does this hexagram 'housekeep', clear chaff to bring out the wheat? :: 33
33 :: (27) : What is the basic, skelatal form of this hexagram, The mud from which it has emerged? :: 13
34 :: (04) : How does this hexagram learn social skills? :: 44
35 :: (41) : How does this hexagram achieve clarity, concentration, distillation? :: 1
36 :: (52) : How does this hexagram express blocking, discernment? :: 12
37 :: (22) : What does this hexagram look like, how does it present itself to the outside? :: 25
38 :: (18) : How does this hexagram correct corruption, express that correction? :: 6
39 :: (26) : How does this hexagram express 'holding firm' to traditions? :: 10
40 :: (35) : How does this hexagram bring something into the 'light'? :: 53
41 :: (21) : How does this hexagram resolve problems? :: 37
42 :: (64) : How does this hexagram remain 'open', mis-sequence? :: 57
43 :: (38) : How does this hexagram 'mirror', deal with opposition? :: 9
44 :: (56) : How does this hexagram demonstrate conditional loyalty; loyalty at a distance? :: 20
45 :: (30) : How does this hexagram express guidance/direction setting? :: 42
46 :: (50) : How does this hexagram express conversion of the raw to the cooked, transformation? :: 59
47 :: (14) : How does this hexagram manage from the centre? Direct operations? Push ideology? :: 61
48 :: (20) : How does this hexagram elicit admiration and so invigorate others passively? :: 56
49 :: (42) : How does this hexagram reflect augmentation? :: 30
50 :: (59) : How does this hexagram make things clear, dispell illusions? lift the fog? :: 50
51 :: (61) : How does this hexagram express empathy? yielding, soft core, hard exterior? :: 14
52 :: (53) : How does this hexagram express gradual development, maturity? :: 35
53 :: (37) : How does this hexagram reflect rigid structure as a form of tension release? :: 21
54 :: (57) : How does this hexagram cultivate and become influencial? :: 64
55 :: (09) : How does this hexagram express making small gains to be noticed? :: 38
56 :: (12) : How does this hexagram neutralise attacks on its core beliefs? :: 52
57 :: (25) : How does this hexagram stand up to say its piece, ignoring consequences, disentangle? :: 22
58 :: (06) : How does this hexagram compromise, meet half way? :: 18
59 :: (10) : How does this hexagram traverse a path carefully? :: 26
60 :: (33) : How does this hexagram draw-in its enemies, competitively entice? :: 23
61 :: (13) : How does this hexagram express association with the likeminded? :: 27
62 :: (44) : How does this hexagram persuade/seduce? :: 4
63 :: (01) : How does this hexagram express singlemindedness, competitiveness? :: 41
Some PAIRS of hexagram 31 and other hexagrams:
- In the binary sequence hexagram 31 pairs with hexagram 33.
- This pairing overall reflects a focus on 'enticement', be it through the intense 'wooing' of 31 or the trickary
of drawing in the enemy etc reflected in 33.
- In the binary sequence hexagram 31 opposes hexagram
41.
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- In the traditional sequence hexagram 31 pairs with hexagram 32.
- In this pairing both hexagrams focus on issues of commitement, be it the intensity in the wooing of 31 (and
so an overall differentiating focus) or the general sense of commitment reflected in 32 (and so an overall integrating
focus).
COMMIT:
31 : commit (gradual) - through to someone; 31 wooing comes from a context described by hexagram 13 - loose associations
32 : commit (sudden) - through to something; 32 commiting comes from a context described by hexagram 14 - centered
associations, directing
- In the traditional sequence hexagram 31 opposes hexagram 34.
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- The generic properties of hexagram 31 reflect the mixing of the generic properties of hexagram
33 with the generic properties of hexagram 13.
- A combination of trickary, of drawing someone 'in' (33) with a focus on associating with the likeminded
(13) is reflected in the intense 'wooing' of hexagram 31.
- In the variations on a theme sequence, hexagram 31 complements hexagram 49.
- Both of these hexagrams reflect issues of trying to get 'behind' or 'through' something, be it through the
use of words (31) or more 'robust' actions (49).
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C. J. Lofting
