Hexagram 1: 乾
qián — creating, initiative, authority, mastery
Upper Trigram乾（天）
Lower Trigram乾（天）
Judgment
乾qiáncreating, initiative, authority, mastery
元yuánfirst-rate, supreme, the finest, greatest
亨hēngfulfillment, satisfaction, success
利lìworth, the harvest of; merits, rewards
貞zhēnpersistence, determination, resolve, loyalty
乾：元亨利貞。——要得其大通，靠的是持久。數碼雨不停再生，好似無窮；但人力有盡，創造要以『自強不息』為紀律，而非一時衝動。
Image
天tiānheaven; the sky; celestial; higher nature
行xíngmoves, advances, proceeds, acts, behaves
健jiànlasting vigor; inexhaustibly
君jūnnoble, worthy, honored
子zǐyoung one, heir, disciple
以yǐaccordingly, therefore, thus
自zìnaturally, inherently, intrinsically
強qiánginvigorated, energetic, empowered, strong
不bùwithout, with no
息xīceasing, relaxing, resting, pause; restless
天行健，君子以自強不息。——見勢則起，起而不怠；像程式不停運算，但要有版本迭代的紀律。
Digital Artifact
Matrix Digital Rain（數碼雨）
Simon Whiteley（美術設計） (AD 1999)
綠色字元如雨，一直落、一直生，一切仍未定形。Whiteley 將妻子的日本食譜字元掃描入系統，化成這場『程式碼天氣』：意義之前、語言之前，先有純能量與可能性。呢種畫面不單止係『Matrix 的程式碼』，更似 乾（Qián）——純陽未受形器拘束：未編譯的 code、未被定義的世界。喺香港語境，呢種感覺就係：啟動咗（boot up），能量爆棚，但方向未定。
Historical Context
- Period
- 商代（約 1200 BC）
- Oracle Bone Etymology
- 商代甲骨文（約 1200 BC）中『乾』字意象與日之升、天之運相連，象徵陽氣極盛。
- Traditional Use
- 周人卜筮遇此，多為時勢開闊、利於主動創建、以剛健自強為尚。
Lines
Line 1: 潛龍勿用
潛qiánconcealed, submerged, lurking, hidden
龍lóngdragon
勿wùnot at all; not to be; do not
用yònguseful; used, employed; use, apply, engage
Line 2: 見龍在田利見大人
見jiànsee, encounter, meet with; appears
龍lóngdragon
在zàiin, here in, across; on
田tiánfield; hunt
利lìworthwhile, rewarding, productive
見jiànto see, encounter, meet with, consult
大dàmature, complete, realized, great
人rénhuman being, character, one, person, man
Line 3: 君子終日乾乾夕惕若厲無咎
君jūnnoble, worthy, honored
子zǐyoung one, heir, disciple
終zhōngthroughout; ends, completes, finishes; all
日rìday, daylight
乾qiáncreating, creatively; dynamically, doubly
乾qiáncreating; energetic
夕xīnight, nightfall, dark, twilight, evening
惕tìanxious, alarmed, frightful, careworn
若ruòseeming, looking, appearing
厲lìstruggle, adversity, hardship; stressful
無wúno; not, nothing; no harm done
咎jiùblame; wrong, mistake, error; harm
Line 4: 或躍在淵無咎
或huòsomehow, perhaps, perchance, maybe
躍yuèto dance, gambol, hop, cavort, leap
在zàiacross, on, upon, over, above; in, within
淵yuāndeep, depth, abyss, chasm
無wúavoid; not, nothing; without, with no
咎jiùwrong; mistake, error
Line 5: 飛龍在天利見大人
飛fēiin flight, on the wing; flying, soaring
龍lóngdragon
在zàiacross, in, within
天tiānheaven; the sky, skies, heavens
利lìworthwhile, rewarding, productive
見jiànto see, encounter, meet with, consult
大dàmature, complete, realized, great
人rénhuman being, character, one, person, man
Line 6: 亢龍有悔
亢kàngarrogant, excessive, pretentious, proud
龍lóngdragon
有yǒuhas, will have; learns, will learn
悔huǐregret, remorse; to regret, repent
Practical Guidance
你而家喺啟動序列（boot sequence）。能量、點子、衝勁樣樣都有——正。問題唔係『有冇力』，而係落喺邊度。
六爻純陽，最常見嘅風險係：將『開波』當『全局』，一味撲埋去，以為亂嚟都得。《Matrix》入面嘅數碼雨可以無止境；但你嘅時間、資金、留意你嘅人——全部都有限。有風駛盡舵係人之常情，不過過盛就悔。古文用龍喻之：潛龍（未出）、見龍在田（初現）、終日乾乾（持續）、或躍在淵（臨界）、飛龍在天（全盛）、亢龍有悔（過盛而悔）。
實務提示：
1) 設退出條件／轉檔位（exit conditions）——幾時由構想轉去路線圖。冷靜啲。
2) 將能量落地做里程碑（milestones），而唔係無限scroll。
3) 建立節律：衝刺 → 收斂 → 發佈 → 冷卻 → 下一輪。
創造唔係出風頭，係出能量。Rest 好過燒盡；回血之後再嚟過。
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