损 Hexagram 41
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above: Kên / Keeping Still, Mountain |
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below: Tui / The Joyous, Lake |
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CHANGING LINE:
Nine at the beginning [yang at bottom] means:
'The Art of Painting', 1666-67 - Johannes Vermeer It is unselfish and good when a man, after completing his own urgent tasks, uses his strength in the service of others, and without bragging or making much of it, helps quickly where help is needed. But the man in a superior position who is thus aided must weigh carefully how much he can accept without doing the helpful servant or friend real harm. Only where such delicacy of feeling exists can one give oneself unconditionally and without hesitation. |