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Preponderance of the Great image The lake rises above the trees. Image of Preponderance of the Great. Thus the superior man, when he stands alone, Is unconcerned, And if he has to renounce the world, He is undaunted.
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2011/01/12 19:45
《周易正義》2803-大過 象辭

●[象曰:澤滅木,大過。君子以獨立不懼,遁世無悶。]

此所以為「大過」,非凡所及也。

[疏]正義曰:

「澤滅木」者,澤體處下,木體處上,澤無滅木之理。

今云「澤滅木」者,乃是澤之甚極而至滅木,是極大過越之義。

其大過之卦有二義也:

一者物之自然大相過越常分,即此「澤滅木」是也。

二者大人大過越常分以拯患難,則九二「枯楊生稊,老夫得其女妻」是也。

「君子以獨立不懼,遁世無悶」者,明君子於衰難之時,卓爾獨立,不有畏懼,隱遁於世而無憂悶,欲有遁難之心,其操不改。

凡人遇此則不能,然唯君子獨能如此,是其過越之義。

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