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Limitation Expression Jié intimates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and attainment. (But) if the regulations (which it prescribes) be severe and difficult, they cannot be permanent.
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2011/01/23 18:15
《周易正義》6001-節 卦辭

兌下坎上。

●[節:亨,苦節、不可貞。]

[疏]正義曰:

「節」,卦名也。《彖》曰:「節以制度。」《雜卦》云:「節,止也。」

然則節者制度之名。節,止之義,制事有節,其道乃亨,故曰「節,亨」。

節須得中,為節過苦,傷於刻薄,物所不堪,不可復正,故曰「苦節不可貞」也。

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