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K’un – the Receptive.............................................................................................................................. 17
Chun – Difficulty at the Beginning ......................................................................................................... 24
M’eng – Youthful Folly .......................................................................................................................... 29
Hsu – Waiting (Nourishment) ................................................................................................................ 33
S’ung – Conflict ...................................................................................................................................... 38
Shih – The Army..................................................................................................................................... 42
Pi – Holding Together (Union) ............................................................................................................... 46
Hsiao Chu (The Taming Power of the Small) ......................................................................................... 51
Lü – Treading (Conduct) ........................................................................................................................ 54
Tai – Peace ............................................................................................................................................. 58
P’i – Standstill (Stagnation) ................................................................................................................... 63
T’ung Jen – Fellowship with Men .......................................................................................................... 69
Ta Yu – Possession in Great Measure.................................................................................................... 73
Ch’ien – Modesty................................................................................................................................... 77
Yu – Enthusiasm .................................................................................................................................... 81
Sui (Following) ....................................................................................................................................... 85
Ku – Work on What Has Been Spoiled (Decay) ..................................................................................... 89
Lin – Approach ....................................................................................................................................... 96
Kuan – Contemplation (View) ............................................................................................................. 100
Shih Ho – Biting Through ..................................................................................................................... 105
Pi – Grace............................................................................................................................................. 109
Po – Splitting Apart .............................................................................................................................. 113
Fu – Return (Turning Point) ................................................................................................................. 116
Wu Wang – Innocence (The Unexpected) ........................................................................................... 121
Ta Ch’u – The Taming Power of the Great .......................................................................................... 125
I – The Corners of the Mouth .............................................................................................................. 129
Ta Kuo – Preponderance of the Great ................................................................................................. 133
K’an – Abysmal (Water) ....................................................................................................................... 137
Li – The Clinging (Fire) ......................................................................................................................... 141
Hsien – Influence (Wooing) ................................................................................................................. 145

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Tun – Retreat ....................................................................................................................................... 155
Ta Chuang – The Power of the Great .................................................................................................. 159
Chin – Progress .................................................................................................................................... 162
Ming I – Darkening of Light ................................................................................................................. 167
Chia Yen – The Family (The Clan) ........................................................................................................ 171
K’uei – Opposition ............................................................................................................................... 178
Chien – Obstruction............................................................................................................................. 182
Hsieh – Deliverance ............................................................................................................................. 188
Sun – Decrease .................................................................................................................................... 192
I – Increase .......................................................................................................................................... 198
Kuai – Breakthrough (Resoluteness) ................................................................................................... 202
Kou – Coming to Meet......................................................................................................................... 206
Ts’ui – Gathering Together (Massing) ................................................................................................. 210
Sheng – Pushing Upward ..................................................................................................................... 214
K’un – Oppression (Exhaustion) .......................................................................................................... 217
Ching – The Well .................................................................................................................................. 222
Ko – Revolution (Molting) ................................................................................................................... 227
Ting – The Caldron ............................................................................................................................... 232
Chen – The Arousing (Shock, Thunder) ............................................................................................... 237
Ken - Keeping Still, Mountain .............................................................................................................. 241
Chien – Development (Gradual Progress) ........................................................................................... 245
Kuei Mei - The Marrying Maiden......................................................................................................... 249
Feng – Abundance (Fullness) ............................................................................................................... 253
Lu – The Wanderer .............................................................................................................................. 256
Sun - The Gentle (Penetrating Wind) .................................................................................................. 259
Tui – The Joyous (Lake)........................................................................................................................ 263
Huan – Dispersion (Dissolution) .......................................................................................................... 268
Chieh – Limitation ............................................................................................................................... 272
Chung Fu – Inner Truth........................................................................................................................ 277
Hsiao Kuo – Preponderance of the Small ............................................................................................ 282
Chi Chi – After Completion .................................................................................................................. 288

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*The density of event-threads, similar to the weigh of nodes

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As in 'a dog barked and five people heard it', constitutes a

network of six, in which the dog is an actor, and people are

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net-density is greater then the sum of events and nods, but

it varies from node to node in varied ways, for example a couple

may hear the dog at once and the situation is triangulated in

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Dialogues between Fuomo (Saturnian Intelligencer, a mortal and a philosopher) and
Peripsol (Angel of the Sun):

Proportion is a geometrical ordering in which diversity according to its nature and

without the loss of its essence is swept into equal and harmonious parts both in
vertical and horizontal ways, that harmony of tension in co-arising proportion is
sculpting the character, nature and spirit and resolves opposition in a way
compatible between individuation human nature and its divine refinements.

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The metaphor of the chorus, with the key and melody set by the whole – drowning
out the discordant voices or influencing them for the better – and with individuals
now and again offering solos that resonate with the harmony of the whole, is
evidently suited not only to the gathering bu also to the relationship between past
and present. The ‘common culture’ against which the poet, for example, defines
himself both sets limits that are freely acknowledged and finds preservation in his
work. Just so, the “partnership” of dialogue enjoys a reciprocal relationship with
“modest restraint,” on the one hand encouraging and rewarding it, on the other
governed and preserved by it. Both the “partnership” and the individual are well
served.

Macrobius, Ambrosius Theodosius, and Robert A. Kastner. 2011. Saturnalia. 1, 1.

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Vincula non attingunt rationem, intellectum et mentem, nisi quae iocunda sunt,
bona et vera, nempe perfectiva.

Omnis enim falsitas, ignorantia, improbitas et iniustitia sunt extra rationem,

intellectum et mentem, non in ratione, intellectu et mente.

Do not attain reason, intellect and thinking, for the sake of nothing that is not
splendid, good and truhful, nothing that is perfect, for all falsity, ignorance, and
injustice is incompatible with the notions of intellect, memory, reason, intellect
and thinking.

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