A translation of the I Ching by Wang Bi (226-249)--some insights from his "general remarks:"
1. Clarifying the Judgements
A Judgement "discusses the body or substance of a hexagram as a whole and clarifies what the controlling principle is from which it evolves."
Because "the many cannot govern the many," there is One that governs the many, as One "controls all activity in the world."
There is no such thing as absolute chaos--things follow their own principles, are united by a "fundamental regulator," are integrated by a "primordial generator." Because this is so, one can pick one line of a hexagram and "use it to clarify what is happening." This One enables us to understand situations even if variables are multitudinous--"if we keep to a single center point when viewing what is about to come to us, then things converging from the six directions lose their capacity to overwhelm us with their number." In other words, a "chief controlling principle" inheres in all things, and the I Ching offers Judgements as these principles.
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