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Chapter VI - Application of Tao on the Book of ChangeVI - 1
Yes, wide is the I and great! If we speak of it in its farthest reaching, no limit can be set to it; if we speak of it with reference to what is near at hand, it is still and correct; if we speak of it in connexion with all between heaven and earth, it embraces all.
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There is Ch'ien. In its stillness it is self-absorbed; when exerting its motive power it goes straight forward; and thus its productive action is on a grand scale.
There is K'un. In its stillness it is self-collected and capacious; when exerting its motive power it develops its resources; and thus its productive action is on a wide scale.
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In its breadth and greatness, the I corresponds to heaven and earth; in its ever-recurring changes, it corresponds to the four seasons; in its mention of the bright or active, and the dark or passive operation, it corresponds to the sun and moon; and the excellence seen in the ease and ready response of its various operations corresponds to the perfect operations of nature.