Hexagram 11: 泰

tài — interplay, harmony, harmonizing, flourishing

Upper Trigram地

Lower Trigram天

Judgment

泰tàiinterplay, harmony; harmonizing, flourishing

小xiǎosmallness, the small, common, mediocre

往wǎngdepart, go, leave; move, pass on

大dàgreatness, the great, important

來láiarrive, come, approach, emerge

吉jípromise, good fortune, opportunity

亨hēngfulfillment, satisfaction, success

泰。小往大來，吉亨。——當 Case jack 入去，小（身體嘅限制）離開。大（無限穿過數據空間移動）嚟臨。

Image

天tiānheaven, the sky, celestial

地dìthe earth, ground, land, terrestrial

交jiāointeract, unite, interrelate, combine, mingle

泰tàiinterplay

后hòuthe heirs, offspring of this union

以yǐaccordingly, therefore, thus

財cáienrich, enhance, endow, add to the worth of

成chéngcomplete, fulfill, bring about, develop

天tiānheaven's, the sky's

地dìearth's, the world's, land's

之zhī's

道dàoway, course, nature, truth, principle

輔fǔconfirming, affirming, supporting, upholding

相xiāngreciprocating; reciprocity, mutuality

天tiānheaven's, the sky's

地dìearth's, the world's, land's

之zhī's

宜yíproper, due order; good, rightness, necessity

以yǐthe way; thus; serving the people

左zuǒto aid, assist, support; to the left

右yòuprotect, defend; and right

民mínthe people, public, multitude, masses

天地交泰，后以財成天地之道，輔相天地之宜，以左右民。——Console cowboy 唔淨係入賽博空間——佢導航佢、調節數據流、將本身會係壓倒性混亂嘅嘢變得有意義。

Digital Artifact

Neuromancer 嘅 Console Cowboy Jack-In

William Gibson (1984)

William Gibson 嘅《Neuromancer》開場係 Case——燒盡嘅黑客，神經系統中毒損壞，切斷咗賽博空間——終於整返好佢嘅神經系統。佢 jack 返入去。電極接觸佢太陽穴，deck 同佢大腦皮層介面，突然間：matrix。唔係 Wachowski 版本——Gibson 嘅 matrix 係純粹共識幻覺，數據空間變成光嘅幾何抽象，ICE 屏障似晶體牆。Case 體驗『無肉體嘅狂喜』——意識從肉體釋放，純粹心靈直接同資訊架構介面。Console cowboy 同機器達到完美合成：Case 諗，deck 執行，數據流動。呢個唔係人用工具——呢個係人/機混合體以統一系統運作。天地相交。

Historical Context

Period: 周代
Oracle Bone Etymology: 天（☰）坐響下面，地（☷）坐響上面——一個反轉，創造力量升，接受力量降。
Traditional Use: 古文形容呢個係當『天似喺地上』，當超越創造力量同內在物質形式達到臨時完美統一。

Lines

Line 1: 拔茅茹以其彙征吉

拔bápulling, drawing up, out, extracting

茅máothatch, mao grass; reeds

茹rúby the roots

以yǐthereby, thus, with this

其qíuprooting its, the, another

彙huìwhole cluster, group, bunch; kindred, sort

征zhēngto expedite, advance, go boldly forward

吉jípromising, auspicious, opportune, timely

Line 2: 包荒用馮河不遐遺朋亡得尚于中行

包bāoembrace, accept, cherish; pack

荒huāngthe wilderness, uncultivated; sparingly

用yòngpractical, useful; so as, thus to

馮píngto cross, ford without a boat

河hériver

不bùavoid, without, with no

遐xiáaloofness, remoteness, distancing

遺yíneglect, abandonment, withdrawal

朋péngcompanions, friends; friendships, alliances

亡wángimpermanent, fleeting; pass, move on

得délearn, secure, take, claim, find, accept

尚shàngthe value, worth, respect, honor, merit

于yúin, of; by, through

中zhōngbalanced, centered, tempered, mediated

行xíngaction, movement, behavior, conduct

Line 3: 無平不陂無往不復艱貞無咎勿恤其孚于食有福

無wúthere is not, no

平pínglevel, plain

不bùwithout

陂píslope, hill, climb, incline

無wúthere is no

往wǎnggoing, departure, progress

不bùwithout

復fùreturn; coming back

艱jiāndifficult, hard; problem, hardship

貞zhēnto persist, keep going; to be steady, resolved

無wúwithout, with no

咎jiùmistake, error, fault, flaw

勿wùdo not, don't

恤xùworry, suffer; be anxious, concerned

其qíthese, such

孚fúcertainties, promises; certain, sure

于yúin, with, through, by

食shínourishment, sustenance, sufficiency

有yǒufind, learn, take, claim, own; there is, are

福fúhappiness; blessing, enrichment

Line 4: 翩翩不富以其鄰不戒以孚

翩piānfluttering, flighty; flying, flapping

翩piānfluttering, fussing; to and fro

不bùno, not much; without, with no; lacking

富fùenrichment, wealth, prosperity

以yǐmaking use of, due to, by way of

其qíone's, this, these

鄰línneighbors, neighborhood, connections

不bùavoid, do not; no, without, with no; lacking

戒jièlimit, guard, defend; defenses, vigilance

以yǐthe ways, means; use, extend, employ

孚fútrust, sincerity, truth, good faith

Line 5: 帝乙歸妹以祉元吉

帝dìLord; Emperor; the divine

乙yǐYi (next to the last Shang Emperor)

歸guīgiving; gift of; gave in marriage

妹mèihis little sister, maiden daughter

以yǐmeant, led to; showed, was the way to

祉zhǐhappiness, blessings as footprints of spirits

元yuánfirst-rate, sublime, supreme

吉jígood fortune, promise, well-being

Line 6: 城復于隍勿用師自邑告命貞吝

城chéngthe city walls, battlements, ramparts

復fùfalls back, overturns; returns

于yúinto; to

隍huángthe moat (a dry ditch at the base of a wall)

勿wùdo not, don't

用yòngengage, use, employ, send, advance

師shīthe military, militia, army, troops, legions

自zìin, from within one's own

邑yìhome town, village, community, district

告gàoannounce, explain, proclaim, declare, issue

命mìngthe decree, directives, commands, orders

貞zhēnto persist, keep going; focus, resolve

吝lìnembarrassing, humiliating, disgraceful

Practical Guidance

介面work。心靈同工具、概念同執行、意圖同結果——對齊。Flow 狀態。呢個可能意思係：你喺嗰個時刻當你起嘅系統真係做到你設計佢做嘅嘢。諗同行動之間嘅摩擦跌到零。你諗、系統反應，反饋循環收緊到你分唔清你意圖喺邊完同工具執行喺邊開始。 Gibson 叫佢『無肉體嘅狂喜』。Case jack 入去，電極接觸佢太陽穴，突然間佢係純粹心靈同純粹資訊介面。開發者知呢個狀態。代碼乾淨咁編譯、測試過綠燈、部署管道順利運行。系統變成諗法嘅延伸。好。用佢。古文警告天地唔會永遠保持接觸。Gibson 都明——Case 喺賽博空間嘅運行總係會完。肉體重新主張。Deck 過熱。工作完成或失敗，無論點，你 jack 出去。有啲人會話『真』和諧一定要永久、有機、唔靠技術中介。嗰啲人從未體驗過當你嘅諗法直接翻譯成系統改變冇摩擦嗰種感覺。當你設計嘅 API 真係服務佢打算服務嘅用例。當你創造嘅抽象澄清而唔係遮掩。當你起嘅基建促進而唔係約束。嗰個係真。佢唔持久嘅事實唔會令佢冇咁真。佢令佢變成你進入、有效率咁用、然後乾淨咁離開嘅狀態。實際後果：當你有和諧嗰陣用佢。起啲嘢。執行運行。出功能。然後承認週期——jack 出去、維護肉體、照顧基建、準備下次。明白和平係臨時嘅唔係系統失敗。係明白系統真實點運作。

Get an interactive reading with this hexagram

Try the Oracle →