Hexagram 26: 大畜
dà chù — raising great beasts, great accumulation
Upper Trigram艮（山）
Lower Trigram乾（天）
Judgment
大dàgreat, large; large, big, major
畜chùraising beasts; concerns, cares
利lìit is worthwhile, rewarding, beneficial
貞zhēnto be persistent, determined, resolved, resolute
不bùbut no, less; avoid, doing without; to not
家jiāat home; family, home, household
食shídine, eating; meals, fare
吉jíis promising, auspicious, opportune, timely
利lìit is worthwhile, rewarding favorable
涉shèto cross, ford, ferry, venture, experience
大dàthe great, big, major
川chuānstream, river, current, waters
大畜。利貞。不家食，吉。利涉大川。——SID 晶片設計師無留喺學術研究（家食）——佢哋進入消費電子產品，將合成器力量帶俾大眾市場。商業約束嘅克制令成就有意義。
Image
天tiānheaven, the sky
在zàiis, dwells, lies in, inside, within, present
山shāna, the mountain
中zhōngin the center, middle, midst, heart, core of
大dàgreat
畜chùraising beasts
君jūna, the noble, worthy, honored
子zǐyoung one, heir, disciple
以yǐmakes use of, utilizes, applies, considers
多duōa, an plentiful, abundant, large store of
識shírecorded knowledge, learning, experience
前qiánof early, prior, precedent, previous
言yánword, idea, speech, discussion, arguments
往wǎngand former, bygone, past, previous, prior
行xíngprogress, conduct; endeavor, practice, act, deeds
以yǐwith which, therewith, thereby, in order
畜chùto train, develop, cultivate, attend to, nurture
其qíthe, this, such; one's own, his, her
德décharacter, virtue, merit, worth, quality, power
天在山中：大畜。君子以多識前言往行，以畜其德。——每個 demo scene 編碼者研究 SID 暫存器文檔，每個音樂家學習 tracker 軟件——佢哋存取約束入面隱藏嘅寶藏。
Digital Artifact
Commodore 64 嘅 SID 晶片
Bob Yannes，MOS Technology (1982)
6581 Sound Interface Device——三個振盪器、四種波形、濾波器、環形調製，全部擠入一個製造成本 $10 嘅單晶片。Bob Yannes，受過訓練嘅音樂家同晶片設計師，構建咗當時所有遊戲機同電腦都缺乏嘅嘢：消費規模嘅真正合成器架構。C64 唔只係嗶嗶聲；佢播 Koji Kondo 作品，聽落幾乎似街機。SID 晶片係巨大創造力（乾天）受 8-bit 限制同製造成本（艮山）約束。約束無限制佢——約束聚焦佢。透過抑制（64KB RAM、1MHz CPU、嚴格記憶體管理），平台積累巨大創造潛力。開發者學識每個技巧、每個暫存器、每個時序 hack。限制變成老師。
Historical Context
- Period
- 周代
- Oracle Bone Etymology
- 艮山（☶）在上，乾天（☰）在下——靜止約束創造力。
- Traditional Use
- 古文講呢個係大畜，大積聚。天在山中：隱藏寶藏，儲存力量。
Lines
Line 1: 有厲利已
有yǒuthis, things will get, become; there will be
厲lìhardship, harshness, severity; serious
利lìworthwhile, rewarding, beneficial, better
已yǐto desist; end, stop, quit doing this
Line 2: 輿說輹
輿yúa, the carriage, wagon, sedan
說shuōis relieved, deprived of; with removed
輹fùits axle strut, housing, bracket, mounts
Line 3: 良馬逐利艱貞日閑輿衛利有攸往
良liánga fine, good, desirable; an excellent
馬mǎhorse, steed
逐zhúgives chase, follows a lead, pushes, pursues
利lìworth, meriting, warranting, rewarding
艱jiāndifficult, hard, laborious, wearying
貞zhēnpersistence, determination, resolve, focus
日rìdaily, each day, every day
閑xiántraining, discipline; more versed, familiar
輿yúin, with at chariot; basics, fundamentals
衛wèiand, of defense, protection, martial arts
利lìworthwhile, rewarding, beneficial
有yǒuto have, find, take on; if there is
攸yōusomewhere; a place, direction, purpose
往wǎngto go, move towards; in going; ahead
Line 4: 童牛之牿元吉
童tónga, the young, youthful, juvenile
牛niúbull
之zhī...'s; has
牿gùa pen, corral, stable, enclosure; confinement
元yuánmost, supremely; excellent, outstanding
吉jípromising, fortunate; promise, opportunity
Line 5: 豶豕之牙吉
豶féna, the gelded, castrated
豕shǐboar, hog, pig, swine
之zhī...'s
牙yátusks, teeth, ivories, fangs, smile, grin
吉jípromising, auspicious, opportune, timely
Line 6: 何天之衢亨
何héwhat, where is; undertake, submitting to
天tiānheaven, higher nature; the sky, celestial
之zhī...'s
衢qúway, course, thoroughfare, crossroads; ...?
亨hēngthrough fulfillment, satisfaction, success
Practical Guidance
你撞到約束。呢度可能意味乜：限制唔係阻你——佢係教你。你嘅工作係從佢學習，唔係對佢憤怒。
受約束嘅巨大能力變得比釋放嘅巨大能力更強大。反直覺，直到你試過兩者。SID 晶片以佢三個振盪器製作咗 80 年代嘅配樂，而『優越』系統以更多通道製作咗可忘記嘅噪音。點解？因為限制強制紀律。你無法浪費聲音、無法偷懶用補丁、無法依賴原始力量。你必須完全理解架構。
睇當你接受約束會發生乜：有限預算強制創造解決方案。緊迫截止日期消除範圍蠕變。小團隊需要清晰溝通。約束唔係問題——佢係課程。
呢度關於有限資源嘅精通嘅嘢——佢令你比只喺豐富中工作嘅人更有價值。可以令 C64 唱歌嘅 demo scene 編碼者俾人請去優化現代系統，因為佢哋真正理解機器。呢個唔係民間傳說。呢個係因果。
Bob Yannes 想構建真正合成器晶片——佢之後創建嘅 Ensoniq ESQ-1 係，用佢自己嘅話，佢想 SID 成為嘅嘢。但 ESQ-1，儘管技術上優越，無 SID 嘅文化遺產。約束強制焦點。限制創造精通。
所以你做緊乜？對抗邊界定係學習邊界內嘅每個可能性？寶藏藏喺山入面。你透過研究搵到佢，唔係透過希望山移動。
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