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Ever enigmatic, the Mawangdui says simply, "Ru (Short Coat), Moistening: There is a return; radiant receipt; determination is auspicious; beneficial to ford the great river."
22 centuries later this has grown into Xu, Waiting, and Professor Balkin offers two and on half pages of discussion.
Kan, The Abysmal, Water is still the public face for this hexagram, but this is the last such we will see during the rest of the build up to hexagram 63. The inner face is Chi'en, the primal male principle, Heaven. Water above Heaven, clouds? The ideograph, according to Professor Balkin, is either rain falling from clouds in the heavens or a person praying for rain. The judgment, per Balkin, is "Waiting. Sincerity and faithfulness bring shining success. Perseverance brings good fortune. It is beneficial to cross the great river." Absent other insights today, note the two frequently recurring portions, about perseverance and crossing the river. These metaphors deserve more attention than I have given them, for they are used so often one really can't be said to understand the judgment if one hasn't internalized the use of these metaphors.
Moist waiting in prayer for rain. Keep at it. Do what you know you should, even if it is a risk. Radiant receipt. There is a return.
Soon it will change.
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The Well. Here we have a clear indication of the value in reading the hexagrams in creation order rather than canonical order. The received text puts Jing, the Well, right after it's bitwise complement, Oppression. But there is likewise a complementary nature from Ji Ji, Detumesence to Jing, the Well, from the decreasing flow to that which is endlessly self-renewed.
I am less inclined to go with the received text after a quick look at the Mawangdui. Also, what we think of as a well is typically only the man-made interface to an unseen river or lake. There is much to reflect on in this hexagram, and the received text, longer for this than many other hexagrams, seems to be trying a bit too hard.
One can change the town
But one cannot change the well.
This seems, to me, the central point, know what you can change, what you rely on to endure beyond your superficial, surface level changes. Know your source. And have a mind that you take care of the tools for drawing from that source, too short a rope or a broken jug might as well be a dry well.
Soon it will change.
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