"All things grow because of the sun." The Shuo Gua says: "Li represents the sun and fire." The sun brings light to the earth, and also brings warmth, causing "the hundred grains, grasses, and trees to flourish upon the soil.
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明两作,离。大人以继明照于四方。
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"All things grow because of the sun." The Shuo Gua says: "Li represents the sun and fire." The sun brings light to the earth, and also brings warmth, causing "the hundred grains, grasses, and trees to flourish upon the soil." This is because she possesses the quality of being soft within and firm without, able to use gentleness to achieve correctness. In this way, the Li hexagram has the merit of "transforming and shaping all under heaven," and also has the virtues of "doubled brightness" and "two appearances.
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Hexagram 30, Li (The Clinging Fire), should be read from the source note first: "All things grow because of the sun." The Shuo Gua says: "Li represents the sun and fire." The sun brings light to the earth, and also brings warmth, causing "the hundred grains, grasses, and trees to flourish upon the... Yarrow uses it for reflection, not fixed prediction.
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