Hexagram 41:

sǔn decrease, diminish, reduce, economize (ing)

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Upper Trigram艮(山)
Lower Trigram兌(澤)

Judgment

sǔndecrease, diminish, reduce, economize (ing)
yǒuhave, find; remember
true, sincere; confidence; to trust
yuánmost, supremely; excellent, outstanding
promising, fortunate; promise, opportunity
no; nothing; (this is) not; without, with no
jiùblame; (is) wrong; (a) mistake, (an) error (s)
(but it) call, ask (s) for; indicates (ing)
zhēnpersistence, resolution, resolve, focus
worth(while), reward(ing), benefit(icial)
yǒu(to) have, find, take on; (if) there is
yōusomewhere; (a) place, direction, purpose
wǎngto go, move towards; in going; ahead
how; what, when, where
zhīis this; is, will be
yòng(to be) applied? practiced? carried out?
èrtwo; a couple, pair of
guǐ(small, simple, plain) rice baskets; "gui" tureens
could, may, might be (sufficient)
yòngpresented, offered, consecrated, used
xiǎng(as, for, in) (an, the) offering, sacrifice

損有孚,元吉。——有誠嘅減少帶來至高好運。唔係你移走乜,而係透過移走佢你能夠乜。

Image

shānmountain
xiàbelow, beneath; at the base, foot of v
yǒuis, there is
(a, the) lake, pool, pond, wetland, marsh
sǔndecreasing
jūn(a, the) noble, worthy, honored
young one, heir, disciple
accordingly, therefore, thus
chéngcorrects, curbs, rectifies, precludes, rules out
忿fènhard feeling, ill will, resentment, indignity (s)
zhì(and) controls, contains, resists, restrains
desires, temptations, passions, cravings

山下有澤:損。君子以懲忿窒欲。——君子克制過度,加強核心。Future Crew 無加更多儲存——佢哋將約束轉化成生成技術。

Digital Artifact

Hexagram 41 digital artifact

Second Reality — 64K 約束

Future Crew (AD 1993)

64 kilobytes 入面嘅大教堂。損唔係失去;係轉移——下俾令上可以升。Demoscene 編碼者將資產削到骨,所有嘢程序化生長:紋理、網格、音樂、動作。每個交出嘅字節變成理念嘅高度。

Historical Context

Period
周代
Oracle Bone Etymology
☶ 艮山在 ☱ 兌澤上——基礎餵養上升。下面嘅『澤』蒸發去滋養『山』。
Traditional Use
有誠嘅減少:移走唔服務目標嘅嘢;將省返嘅能量向上引導。

Lines

Line 1: 已事遄往無咎酌損之

one's (own), personal, private
shìaffairs, concerns, tasks, endeavors, business
chuán(are) rushed, hurried, cut short, abbreviated
wǎngto go; in going, pass (ing, ed by); (and) left behind
no; not, nothing; without; no harm (is) done
jiùblame; (is) wrong; (a) mistake; v harm v
zhuó(but) weigh, consider, think about, ponder
sǔndecreasing, doing less; (the) losses; (a) loss
zhī(of) this; here; this as v

Line 2: 利貞征凶弗損益之

(it is) worthwhile, rewarding, beneficial
zhēnto persist; be resolved, dedicated, steadfast
zhēng(but) to expedite, assert, go(ing) boldly
xiōng(is) ill-omened, inauspicious; has pitfalls
(there is) neither, nothing; avoid(ing)
sǔn(of, to) decrease, loss; lose, diminish
(nor, or) (of, to) increase; gain, add (s) to
zhīhere; in, with this; things; one(self)

Line 3: 三人行則損一人一人行則得其友

sānthree, a trio of
rénpeople, persons, individuals
xíngstart, set forth, out; go forth, forward
(and) then, in due order; consequently
sǔndecrease, reduce, contract; lose
(by) one
rénperson, member, participant, individual
(this) one; (a, the) single
rénperson, individual; one
xíngstarts, sets forth, out; goes forth, forward
(and) then, in due order; consequently
finds, acquires, gains, takes on, picks up
a, the, his, her, another
yǒucompanion, friend, partner, associate

Line 4: 損其疾使遄有喜無咎

sǔndecreasing, diminishing, lessening, losing
the, these, those, one's (own)
afflictions, anxieties, stresses, ills, sufferings
使shǐ(to) take(ing) control, charge, command
chuánexpeditiously, with dispatch; (and) expedite
yǒu(and) be; find, have; becomes, brings
glad, happy, grateful; happiness, joy
(this is) no; not; nothing; without, with no
jiùwrong; (a) mistake, (an) error

Line 5: 或益之十朋之龜弗克違元吉

huòsomebody, someone
increases, augments, grants, adds
zhī(to) (this) one, him, her; this
shí(by) ten
péng(matched) pairs
zhīof
guītortoise, turtle (s) (shells)
(one) (is) not; un-; in-; -not
able; possible; capable; can- v
wéi(of, to) resist; refuse; oppose, offend (ing)
yuánmost, supremely; excellent, outstanding
promising, fortunate; promise, opportunity

Line 6: 弗損益之無咎貞吉利有攸往得臣無家

(there is) neither, nothing; avoid(ing)
sǔn(of, to) decrease, loss; lose, diminish
(nor, or) (of, to) increase; gain, add (s)
zhīhere; in, with this; things; one(self)
(there is) nothing; (this is) no, not
jiù(is) wrong; (a) mistake, (an) error
zhēnpersistence, determination, resolve, focus
(is) promising, auspicious, opportune, timely
worth(while), reward(ing), benefit(icial)
yǒu(to) have, find, take on; (if) there is
yōusomewhere; (a) place, direction, purpose
wǎngto go, move towards; in going; ahead
(but) (one) accept, gain, acquire, find (s, ing)
chénservants, retainers, subjects, subordinates
(but) not; instead of, rather than
jiāfamily, familiars; (a) home

Practical Guidance

Assembly,1993。Future Crew 整緊 Second Reality——完整 3D 環境、紋理映射隧道、粒子系統、配樂。佢哋有 65,536 字節。就咁多。唔係 65 megabytes。六十四 kilobytes 包埋音樂。一張未壓縮 640×480 影像會炸晒成個預算。 所以佢哋將資產削到零,所有嘢程序化生長。紋理從 200 字節算法生成。網格從數學公式構建。音樂即時合成,無樣本。每個交出嘅預儲字節變成生成引擎嘅餘裕。澤蒸發;山上升。 你撞到限制。儲存、帶寬、注意力預算——有嘢去到盡。本能係優化存在嘅嘢。壓縮多啲、緩存聰明啲。呢個係好。但損問:如果你完全移走資產然後按需生成佢?交換儲存重量換程序化高度。 失敗模式唔係激進減少。係隨機減少。Future Crew 無刪渲染器去放更多紋理。佢哋刪紋理因為渲染器可以合成佢哋。減少下面(預焗資產)去餵上面(生成能力)。唔係失去——轉移。 約束正式化焦點。你交出嘅每個字節必須買返比佢更高嘅嘢。如果無,你唔係實踐損;你只係餓緊個系統。

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