The ideograph of Gou is simple. It is composed of a woman and a queen. On the left is a buxom maiden. On the right side is the ideograph hou, a queen. Because a queen always follows the king, hou also means behind. The queen is standing upright and bowing. Underneath her bending body is an open mouth, kou, and above the mouth a horizontal stroke indicating the number one. This one person that the queen is encountering is the king. They meet and come together. The queen greets the king with respect and her best wishes.
The structure of the gua is Heaven above, Wind below. The wind blows everywhere under Heaven, encountering every being. It should be an auspicious gua. However, there is only one yielding line beneath five solid lines, symbolizing that the yin element is advancing and approaching the yang elements. When King Wen saw this happening, he heightened his vigilance. He realized that an unworthy person was worming his way into favour at the court. The growing negative influences would displace good people one after another. Darkness and difficulties had been eliminated, but their negative influences had not totally faded. These influences were permeating different areas. One must beware of this tendency and take prompt precautions against possible misfortune. Thus King Wen’s Decision and the Duke of Zhou’s Yao Text are full of warnings. But Confucius’s commentaries still shed light on the positive side. [Alfred Huang: The Complete I-Ching]
This Yi is in response to a Youtube video I listened to about President Xi having problems with a senior PLA military leader, a fellow ‘Princeling’. There are rumours in China that this Princeling has been detained as part of a larger movement within various leadership factions seeking to displace Xi. I do not pretend to have any understanding of Chinese politics but found the title of the video interesting enough to check out. After listening I still have no personal opinion on the matter, but the Yi seems to relate well with the Query along with providing advice for the leader in question. (The Youtube was published three weeks ago so for all I know is already obsolete news!)
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