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Difficulty at the Beginning 19 象曰:Although 'there is a difficulty in advancing,' the mind (of the subject of the line) is set on doing what is correct. While noble, he humbles himself to the mean, and grandly gains the people.
彖曰:Difficulty at the Beginning works supreme success, Furthering through perseverance. Nothing should be undertaken. It furthers one to appoint helpers.
Difficulty at the Beginning » 19Hexagram
2011/01/05 22:32
秋田縣士根本通明,邃於經學,誨人不倦,亦余之益友也。一日訪之,出示一軸曰:「是軸相傳為明人某翁所畫,以其無款識,未能辨其真偽,子請鑒之。」然余素昧鑒識,乃為之筮其真偽,遇屯之比。

爻辭曰:「初九,磐桓,利居貞,利建侯。」

《象傳》曰:「雖磐桓,志行正也。以貴下賤,大得民也。」

斷曰:

此卦內卦震,龍也;外卦坎,雲水也,此其畫為雲龍乎?

爻辭「磐桓」,磐,地之磐石也,謂堅固而不可動易也,不可動易,則非偽物可知矣。且曰「利居貞」者,貞者真也,是謂真品矣。「以貴下賤」者,貴重之物,無人知之,而為所賤也。

迨出畫展觀,果為雲龍之圖,筆力遒勁,其非凡筆可知,余即以此卦語為鑒定之。

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