Hexagram 15 is named 謙 (qiān), “Humbling”. Other variations include “modesty”. Its inner trigram is ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain and its outer trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth.
Humbling
Confucius/Legge: It is the way of heaven to dispense its blessings downwards, and the way of earth to radiate its influence upwards. Both heaven and earth diminish the full to augment the lowly. Spiritual beings inflict calamity on the proud and bless the meek, and men resent ostentation and love temperance. Temperance enlightens an honorable office, and neither will men ignore it in lowly positions. Thus does the superior man attain his ends. [Emphasis editor’s — Ritsema/Karcher translate “spiritual beings” [Kuei Shen] as: “The whole range of imaginal beings both inside and outside the individual; spiritual powers, gods, demons, ghosts, powers, fetishes.”]
| Size | 70x100x2.5 cm |
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| Weight | 2.50 kg |
| Materials | Acrylic on canvas |
| Period | 2010 |
| Record | Solo exhibition – 'Primordio'，Arrivada Gallery, Chur, Switzerland. 2012 |
