47.mycal -- Oppression
Hexagram 47 B y: James Byrd I. The Oracle A. Hexagram forty-seven is kun , or Confining. Variations include Oppression, Exhaustion and entangled. Its lower trigram is kan : gorge or water. B. The Judgment 1. Oppression. Success. Perseverance. 2. The great man brings about good fortune. No blame. 3. When one has something to say, It is not believed. C. The Image 1. There is not water in the lake: a) The image of Exhaustion. b) Thus the superior man stakes his life, On following his will. II. My interpretation A. " The water line. " The general story here is to not get trapped in oppressive positioning . It has, I think, lot to do with stoicism - by Zeno of Citium in Athens around 300 BC. . It goes like this, you can be anything, but you still have to be that reverend to appease the followings of your father's family. That would be slotted oppression. It's not that peop