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Preponderance of the Great 94 image 'The good fortune connected with the beam curving upwards' arises from this, that it does not bend towards what is below.
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2011/01/12 19:57
《周易正義》2811-大過九四 象辭

[/b]●[《象》曰:「棟隆」之吉,不橈乎下也。][/b]

[疏]正義曰:

釋「棟隆之吉」,以其能拯於難,不被橈乎在下,故得「棟隆吉」。

九四應初,行又謙順,能拯於難,然唯只拯初,初謂下也。

下得其拯,猶若所居屋棟隆起,下必不橈。若何得之,不被橈乎在下。

但《經》文云「棟橈」,《彖》釋「棟橈」者,本末弱也。

以屋棟橈弱而偏,則屋下榱柱亦先弱。柱為本,棟為末,觀此《彖》辭,是足見其義。

故子產云:「棟折榱崩,僑將壓焉。」以屋棟橈折,則榱柱亦同崩,此則義也。

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