Hexagram 32: 恆
héng — continuity
Upper Trigram震(雷)
Lower Trigram巽(風)
Judgment
恆héngcontinuity, continuing; enduring changes
亨hēngfulfillment, satisfaction, success, completion
無wúno; nothing; without, with no; avoid
咎jiùblame; is wrong; a mistake, an error
利lìworthwhile, rewarding, beneficial
貞zhēnto be persistent, persevering, resolved
利lìworthwhile, rewarding, beneficial
有yǒuto have, find, taking on; if there is
攸yōusomewhere; a place, direction, purpose
往wǎngto go, move towards; in going; ahead
恆。亨。无咎。利貞。利有攸往。——Voyager 有地方去:向外,永遠。無目的地,但軌跡持續。任務透過持續成功,唔係到達。
Image
雷léithe thunder; thundering
風fēngand the wind; winds
恆héngcontinuity
君jūna, the noble, worthy, honored
子zǐyoung one, heir, disciple
以yǐaccordingly, therefore, thus; with-
立lìmakes, takes a stand; is established; stands
不bùwithout; with no; instead, regardless of
易yìchanging; changed, altered, moving
方fāngin, of directive, bearing, methods
雷風,恆。君子以立不易方。——Voyager 嘅軌跡喺 1977 年計算。無為風格嘅航向修正。路徑設定;堅持係任務。
Digital Artifact
Voyager 金唱片
NASA / Carl Sagan 團隊 (1977)
Voyager 1 同 2 各帶一張金唱片——12 吋鍍金銅碟,載住來自地球嘅聲同影像。Bach、Beethoven、Chuck Berry。55 種語言嘅問候。鯨歌。嬰兒喊。播放說明蝕喺封面,假設接收者理解物理、化學、數學。航天器而家喺星際空間,會比太陽長命。唱片會保持可播放超過十億年。唔係期望回覆嘅訊息——係期望持久嘅訊息。雷同風:運動同溫柔,各自維持對方。任務唔係聯絡;係持續時間。唱片持久因為佢為持久而構建,發射入一個無嘢停止佢嘅媒介,載住代表我哋認為人類文明永恆嘅訊號。Bach 嘅 C 大調前奏曲喺真空中唔會退化。數學唔會過期。
Historical Context
- Period
- 周代
- Oracle Bone Etymology
- 震雷(☳)在上,巽風(☴)在下——動運動在上,溫柔滲透在下。
- Traditional Use
- 古文講持久係自足、自我更新嘅運動。唔係休息,而係節奏性運動:吸氣/呼氣、收縮/舒張。
Lines
Line 1: 浚恆貞凶無攸利
浚jùndig, jump, diving in, deep; entrenching
恆héngfor, to continuity; endure, last, stay
貞zhēnpersistence, determination, resolve
凶xiōngis disappointing, unlikely; has pitfalls
無wúthis is no, not; this lacks, has no
攸yōua direction, purpose; an aim, orientation
利lìwith merit, of value, with rewards
Line 2: 悔亡
悔huǐregrets, remorse; regret, repent and
亡wángpass, disappear, dissolves; move on
Line 3: 不恆其德或承之羞貞吝
不bùlacking, wanting; without, with no; not
恆héngcontinuity, consistency; enduring
其qíin, of, to, with the, this, one's own
德décharacter, virtue, merit, moral courage
或huòperhaps, maybe; somehow, sometimes
承chéngaccept, inherit, enjoy, adopt, continuing
之zhīin, of, towards such, this
羞xiūunworthiness, inferiority, shame, disgrace
貞zhēnto persist; what persists; is constant
吝lìnis embarrassment, humiliation
Line 4: 田無禽
田tiána, the field, hunt, land
無wúis nothing without, with no; lacks, wants
禽qíngame, quarry, birds, animals; a catch, capture
Line 5: 恆其德貞婦人吉夫子凶
恆héngcontinuity; to continue, endure, lasting
其qíin, of, to one's own; in
德décharacter, virtue, merit, moral courage
貞zhēnis, means persistence, determination, focus
婦fùfor a, the woman, wife's in, of
人rénmaturity, adulthood; grown, mature
吉jíis promising, auspicious, opportune, timely
夫fūfor a, the man, husband's still in, of
子zǐyouth, childhood; a boy; young
凶xiōngis, in trouble, disappointment, adversity
Line 6: 振恆凶
振zhènexcited, stimulated, agitated, aroused
恆héngcontinuously, chronically, constantly
凶xiōngunfortunate, foreboding, ill-omened
Practical Guidance
持久唔係企定定。企定定係倒退。持久係透過自己節奏更新自己嘅運動。
Voyager 模型:航天器唔維持軌道(需要持續修正);佢喺自然持續嘅軌跡旅行。來自木星同土星嘅重力輔助無需燃料加速度。設計與物理定律合作而唔係對抗佢,所以持久無成本。金唱片唔需要電力保持可讀——佢係蝕金屬、被動儲存、等待解釋者。
呢度真正持久同虛假永恆之間嘅區別:嘗試透過將佢保持剛性令嘢持久對構建透過自我更新運動持久嘅嘢。代碼庫、文檔、系統架構——當佢哋設計成喺穩定原則內改變時持久,唔係當佢哋凍結對抗所有修改時。
Voyager 用幾年規劃。唱片選擇委員會——Carl Sagan、Frank Drake、Ann Druyan、Timothy Ferris、Jon Lomberg、Linda Salzman Sagan——辯論每首曲。你無法趕持久工程。要壓縮嘢,首先俾佢完全擴展。要令嘢持久,首先理解佢嘅完整範圍。
知你喺邊個情況:維護穩定系統對適應新要求。Voyager 會執行佢嘅任務幾十億年無適應因為佢喺第一類。你嘅代碼庫可能唔係。
持久嘅係透過運動構建成持久嘅,唔係對抗佢。Bach 持久因為前奏曲喺任何語境、任何媒介、任何詮釋都運作。播放唱片嘅數學持久因為物理唔漂移。你構建嘅:有呢個質素咩?定係你維護緊需要持續修正先至唔衰退嘅嘢?
Voyager 1 喺 2012 年進入星際空間,Voyager 2 喺 2018 年跟隨。兩者而家喺日球層頂之外,喺星之間嘅空間,仍然傳輸數據返地球。任務繼續唔係因為有人主動維護佢,而係因為佢設計成自主持久。四萬年之後先至會接近任何其他行星系統。金唱片保持可播放超過十億年——比地球上多細胞生命存在更長。
呢個係恆。唔係透過剛性嘅永恆,而係透過適當設計同與物理定律對齊嘅運動嘅持續。
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