Hexagram 13: 同人
tóng rén — fellowship with others
Upper Trigram天
Lower Trigram火
Judgment
同tóngfellowship with, community
人rénothers, people, humanity
于yúin, amidst; on
野yěcountryside, wilds, uncultivated, frontier
亨hēngfulfillment, satisfaction, success, completion
利lìworthwhile, rewarding, favorable
涉shèto cross, ford, ferry, venture, experience
大dàgreat, big, major
川chuānstream, river, current, waters
利lìworth; rewarding, warranting, meriting
君jūnnoble, worthy, honored
子zǐyoung one, heir, disciple
貞zhēnpersistence, determination, resolve, loyalty
同人于野,亨。利涉大川,利君子貞。——喺野外同人團契。成功。有利渡大水。基於普遍關注而唔係私人利益嘅真團契可以完成困難工作。
Image
天tiānheaven; the sky, celestial
與yǔaccompanies; along, together with
火huǒfire, flame
同tóngfellowship with
人rénothers
君jūnnoble, worthy, honored
子zǐyoung one, heir, disciple
以yǐaccording to; uses; with, by
類lèikind, type, class, category, species
族zúfamily, clan, tribe, relation, kin
辨biànto distinguish, identify, differentiate
物wùbeings, creatures, entities, things
天與火,同人;君子以類族辨物。——團契需要多樣性中嘅組織——唔係混亂,而係結構化開放。
Digital Artifact
ARPANET 嘅 Request for Comments 協議
Steve Crocker / ARPA 研究員 (1969)
當佢哋起第一批後來變成互聯網嘅節點,研究員面對一個問題:點樣喺唔同機構、唔同地方嘅人之間建立團契,大家都做緊同一個前所未有系統嘅唔同部分?Steve Crocker 發明咗 RFC——Request for Comments(意見徵求)。唔係命令,唔係權威規範。請求。徵求意見。向所有人開放。第一份 RFC(RFC 1)真係咁寫:『呢啲筆記打算係對當前問題嘅非正式快速反應;佢哋唔係官方政策聲明。』呢種謙虛、呢種開放,創造咗真正嘅團契。火(目的嘅清晰)升向天(普遍範圍)。一種柔順本性(Crocker 嘅謙虛)團結好多堅定嘅人(所有嗰啲聰明、固執嘅電腦科學家)。RFC 變咗互聯網管治嘅基礎——公開嘅團契,唔係透過權威而係透過共同目標。任何人都可以睇。任何人都可以評論。我哋每日用嘅協議存在係因為團契成功咗。
Historical Context
- Period
- 周代
- Oracle Bone Etymology
- 天(☰)喺上,火(☲)喺下——火嘅本性係向上燃到天,創造團契嘅形象。一條柔爻團結剛爻。
- Traditional Use
- 古文形容呢個係基於普遍關注而唔係私人利益嘅人和平聯合。入面清晰,出面強大——持久團契嘅特質。
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Line 1: 同人于門無咎
同tóngfellowship with, community
人rénothers, people, humanity
于yúat, by, before
門méngate, door, entrance
無wúno; not; nothing; without, with no
咎jiùblame; wrong; mistake, error
Line 2: 同人于宗吝
同tóngfellowship with, community
人rénothers, people, humanity
于yúonly in, within, inside
宗zōngclan, sect, faction, exclusive circle
吝lìnembarrassment, humiliation; poverty
Line 3: 伏戎于莽升其高陵三歲不興
伏fúcache, hide, conceal, crouching with
戎róngweapons, arms; armed
于yúin, inside, within, amidst
莽mǎngunderbrush, thicket, bushes, weeds
升shēngclimbing up, ascending to
其qíone's, the, that
高gāohighest, prominent, lofty
陵línghills, ridge, mound; ground
三sānthree
歲suìyears, seasons, harvests
不bùof, with no, not much, without
興xīngexuberance, rising up, encouragement
Line 4: 乘其墉弗克攻吉
乘chéngmounting, climbing up on, upon, astride
其qíone's, the, that, those
墉yōngbattlement, ramparts; fortified wall
弗fúbut not, un-; nowhere; cannot
克kècapable of; able to
攻gōngto attack, take the offensive; aggression
吉jípromising, lucky, auspicious; good fortune
Line 5: 同人先號咷而後笑大師克相遇
同tóngfellowship with, community
人rénothers, people, humanity
先xiānbegins, starts, leading with, in
號háowailing, howling, crying out; outcry
咷táoweeping; lament, complaint, moaning
而érand then, but then, yet
後hòufollows with, is followed by; afterwards
笑xiàolaughter, good humor, mirth, merriment
大dàgreat, large, big, whole, complete, mighty
師shīarmies, hosts, legions
克kècan manage, master; are able
相xiāngeach other
遇yùto entertain, meet, receive, accepting
Line 6: 同人于郊無悔
同tóngfellowship with, community
人rénothers, people, humanity
于yúin, on, at, before, facing, towards
郊jiāoouter districts, frontier, edge, horizon
無wúno, with no, without; nothing; not
悔huǐto regret, repent of; remorse; sorry
Practical Guidance
你試緊令人哋一齊做從未做過嘅嘢。冇既定權威。冇清晰階層。淨係共同目標同需要協調。
呢個可能意思係:你需要團契但你唔可以命令佢存在。
Steve Crocker 1969年面對呢個。唔同機構嘅聰明研究員,全部起緊 ARPANET 嘅唔同部分,需要協調但冇任何一個人對其他人有權威。佢嘅解決方法:RFC 1。Request for Comments(意見徵求)。唔係命令。唔係規範。請求。
RFC 1 以道歉開始:『呢啲筆記打算係非正式快速反應……佢哋唔係官方政策聲明。』呢個唔係弱——呢個係團結好多堅定嘅人嘅柔順本性。當你協調能力相同或更高嘅人,你唔可以命令。你只可以創造條件讓團契自然浮現。
古文話團契必須『于野』(喺野外)。唔係秘密派系、唔係排外群組、唔係有特權資訊嘅內圈。一切公開。參與開放。過程透明。呢個唔係天真烏托邦——呢個係工程實用主義。困難問題需要所有可得智慧,而智慧如果被排除或操控就唔會參與。
你嘅版本:開源管治。公開設計文檔。透明決策。Linux 內核郵件列表。Python Enhancement Proposals。W3C 標準開發。呢啲成功因為佢哋基於原則而唔係基於個性、開放而唔係封閉、謙虛而唔係權威。
實際後果:當你需要協調有能力嘅人做前所未有嘅工作,你嘅角色唔係控制而係促進。創造最小結構讓強大意見有生產力咁協調。令一切可訪問。邀請批評。
另一選擇——閉門決策、內圈、資訊不對稱——創造派系而唔係團契。派系唔可以渡大水。佢哋唔可以完成需要真正協調多樣能力嘅困難工作。
Crocker 嘅 RFC 仲係互聯網標準點訂嘅方法,五十幾年之後。呢個就係公開團契可以完成嘅嘢。
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