Hexagram 54: 歸妹

guī mèi — little sister's marriage, marrying maiden

Upper Trigram雷

Lower Trigram澤

Judgment

歸guīmarriage, betrothal; marrying, engaging

妹mèilittle sister; the maiden, youngest sister

征zhēngto expedite; press, go boldly forward

凶xiōngis unfortunate, inauspicious; 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

歸妹。征凶,無攸利。次要位置唔得嘗試取代主要。維持機智保留。基於傾向嘅關係依賴謹慎行為。

Image

澤zéthe lake, pool, pond, marsh

上shàngabove, over, atop, across

有yǒuis, there is

雷léithe thunder

歸guīmarriage

妹mèilittle sister

君jūnthe noble, worthy, honored

子zǐyoung one, heir, disciple

以yǐwith, through; uses, makes use of, applies

永yǒngenduring, lasting, sustained, far reaching

終zhōngends, goals, conclusions, outcomes, results

知zhīto know, understand, recognize

敝bìthe unworthy, ephemeral; disintegration

澤上有雷,歸妹。君子以永終知敝。保持留意持久原則。唔好漂移——將你嘅心固定喺持久嘅嘢上。

Digital Artifact

MS-DOS 同 CP/M 嘅關係

Tim Paterson (QDOS/86-DOS) (1981)

1980年,Seattle Computer Products 需要一個操作系統俾佢哋嘅8086板。CP/M-86 未準備好。Tim Paterson 寫咗 QDOS——快速同污穢操作系統——明確模仿 CP/M 但為8086重寫。唔係主要妻子;係妾侍。QDOS 冇假裝革命性。佢知佢嘅位置:提供 CP/M 類似功能直到真正 CP/M-86 到達。然後 Microsoft 買咗佢,改名為 MS-DOS,然後授權俾 IBM。突然次要選項變成標準。但關係保持:MS-DOS 一直跟住 CP/M 嘅腳步,用佢嘅文件系統慣例、佢嘅命令結構、佢嘅 API 設計模式。從來唔係創新者,一直係跟隨者。但呢度係嘢:跟隨者贏咗。唔係透過優越性或創新而係透過戰術保留、時機同理解佢喺生態系統入面嘅實際位置。知道佢唔係主要妻子但無論如何令自己唔可或缺嘅嫁少女。

Historical Context

Period: 周代
Oracle Bone Etymology: 雷(☳)坐上,澤(☱)坐下——長子領導,幼女跟隨。
Traditional Use: Wilhelm 描述嫁少女——個女仔進入家庭唔係作為主要妻子而係喺次要位置。必須維持機智保留,唔嘗試取代女主人。基於個人傾向而唔係法律規定嘅關係。

Lines

Line 1: 歸妹以娣跛能履征吉

歸guīmarries, is engaged, betrothed

妹mèithe maiden; little, younger, est sister

以yǐas, to be

娣dìsecond, younger, junior, subordinate wife

跛bǒthe lame, limping

能néngcan manage; are still able, capable of

履lǚto walk, tread, take ing steps, carry on

征zhēngto expedite; press, push, go on, forward

吉jíis promising, auspicious, hopeful, timely

Line 2: 眇能視利幽人之貞

眇miǎothe one-eyed; weak, feeble-sighted

能néngcan; are still able, capable of

視shìto see, watch, look, observe

利lìreward, benefit, merit, warrant, favor

幽yōuthe, an obscure, secluded, solitary; hermit

人rénone, person; recluse

之zhī's; in his; of a, the; recluse's

貞zhēnpersistence, determination, resolve, focus

Line 3: 歸妹以須反歸以娣

歸guīmarries; is engaged, betrothed

妹mèithe maiden; little, younger, est sister

以yǐas, to be

須xūa bondmaid, servant, waiting maid

反fǎnthen turns around, comes back, reverses

歸guīto marry, be engaged, betrothed

以yǐas, to be a, the

娣dìsecond, younger, junior, subordinate wife

Line 4: 歸妹愆期遲歸有時

歸guīmarriage, engagement, betrothal

妹mèithe maiden; little, younger, est sister

愆qiānexceeds; is delayed, goes beyond

期qīthe appointed, allotted term, time; set date

遲chíthe late, later; delayed, deferred

歸guīmarriage, engagement; capitulation

有yǒuhas, will be, have; becomes, grows; assumes

時shítiming, timeliness; timely, timelier; well-timed

Line 5: 帝乙歸妹其君之袂不如其娣之袂良月幾望吉

帝dìas, when Lord; Emperor; the divine

乙yǐYi's [the penultimate Shang Emperor]

歸guīgiving; gift of; gave ^ in marriage

妹mèihis little sister, maiden daughter

其qíthis, that; such a

君jūnnoblewoman, princess; noble woman

之zhī's

袂mèigownsleeves; embroidery; attire, gown

不bùdid not; were, was not

如rúcompare well with; equal to, as good as

其qíher

娣dìbridesmaid, attendant, junior wife

之zhī's; ...'s

袂mèigownsleeves; embroidery; attire, gowns

良liángin fineness, refinement, excellence

月yuèas, when a, the moon

幾jīis, was almost; nearly, approach

望wàngfull; fullness

吉jíis promising, auspicious, hopeful, timely

Line 6: 女承筐無實士刲羊無血無攸利

女nǚthe young woman, lady, bride

承chéngcarries, bears, presents; offers, holds up

筐kuāngthe basket, square, woven box

無wúwithout, with no, having no; devoid of

實shícontents, fruit; substance, reality; sincerity

士shìthe young gentleman, groom

刲kuīsacrifices, slaughters, stabs, cuts open

羊yángthe sheep, lamb, goat

無wúwithout, with no; but there is no; doesn't

血xuèblood; bleed

無wúthis is no, not; this lacks, has no

攸yōua direction, purpose; an aim, orientation

利lìwith merit, of value, with rewards

Practical Guidance

你喺次要位置。第二嘅嘢,跟隨建立嘅模式,唔聲稱原創性。經典文本關於危險清楚:如果你喺次要位置嘗試好似你係主要咁行動,災難跟隨。MS-DOS 成功係因為 Paterson 冇假裝創新。佢明確抄 CP/M 嘅慣例。呢個唔係抄襲——係關於實際位置嘅戰術清晰。佢需要快速地為8086硬件嘅操作系統。CP/M 係模型。所以佢建咗個 CP/M 類似系統。關於關係誠實。佢為咗原因叫佢『快速同污穢』。呢度係悖論:跟隨者可以變成主導,但唔係透過篡奪。MS-DOS 冇透過技術優越性擊敗 CP/M。佢透過時機(IBM PC 交易)、可及性(更平授權)、市場動態贏。維持喺佢實際位置入面正確行為嘅少女可以最終達成認可。但嗰唔同過早試圖奪取認可。對你工作重要嘅係:如果你建緊衍生嘅嘢——而大多數嘢係衍生——關於佢誠實。唔好假裝你從零開始發明當你適應現有模式。嗰唔係弱點;係清晰。價值喺適應入面,喺正確服務新背景,唔係喺原創性嘅虛假聲稱。 Paterson 關於 QDOS 本質嘅誠實允許佢喺佢實際角色成功。當 Microsoft 買咗佢然後授權俾 IBM,次要嘢變成標準——但對 CP/M 嘅底層關係保持。MS-DOS 一直係跟隨者。嗰冇問題。佢服務角色好。文本警告:征凶。呢個唔係指乜都唔做。佢意味住唔好越界。知你嘅位置。維持機智保留。建實際需要嘅嘢,唔係你自我想聲稱嘅嘢。試圖取代女主人嘅少女結局唔好。服務佢角色正確嘅少女可以興旺。次要位置唔係劣等位置。佢只係唔同。知你嘅位置。做工作。俾其他嘢從喺你實際角色嘅正確行為跟隨。

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