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Nourishment

頤 · Yí

Judgment

貞吉。觀頤。自求口實。

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山下有雷，頤。君子以慎言語，節飲食。

moderate· 4 correspondences

Correspondences

Yí (頤) — Nourishment
Judgment
頤yíhungry, open mouth; appetite; nourishment
貞zhēnpersistence, determination, resolve, survival
吉jíis promising, auspicious, opportune, timely
觀guānwatch, observe, behold, study; look at, to
頤yíthe hungry mouth, jaws, oral behavior
自zìstarting, beginning from original, with
求qiúa, the search, quest, seek, hunt, craving
口kǒuto the mouth, the length of food chain
實shíto the substance, incorporation, feeding
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山shāna, the mountain
下xiàbelow, beneath; at the base, foot of
有yǒuis, there is
雷léithe thunder
頤yíhungry mouth
君jūna, the noble, worthy, honored
子zǐyoung one, heir, disciple
以yǐaccordingly, therefore, thus
慎shènis mindful of, careful with, prudent in
言yánwords, talk, speech, language
語yǔand expression, discourse, discussions
節jiéand restrained, moderate, temperate
飲yǐnin drinking; with drink
食shíand eating; food, nourishment
Line 1
舍shěforsake, abandon, give up, letting go of
爾ěryour
靈língspirit, medicine, magic, mystery, divine
龜guītortoise, turtle
觀guānand, while looking at, to, watching
我wǒme, us
朵duǒhanging open, down; with hang down
頤yíwith hungry mouth; mouth
凶xiōngunfortunate, disappointing, unlucky, sad
Line 2
顛diānabnormal, overwhelming, disproportionate
頤yíappetite, hunger, feeding, sustenance
拂fúdismiss, reject; shake, brushing off, aside
經jīngthe norms, al, standards; usual, customary
于yúand going to, into, up to, among, amidst
丘qiūthe hilltops, sides, mounds, high places
頤yíwith hungry mouth, appetites; hungrying
征zhēngpressing; venturing, going boldly into
凶xiōngis misfortune, unfortunate; failure, pitfalls
Line 3
拂fúdismissing, rejecting; brushing off, aside
頤yíthe hungry mouth, appetites, hungering
貞zhēnpersistence, determination, resolve
凶xiōngis unfortunate, unlikely, has pitfalls
十shífor ten
年niányears, harvests
勿wùnot to be, to be, of being not at all
用yònguseful, practical, functional, available
無wúthis is no, not; this lacks, has no
攸yōua direction, purpose; an aim, orientation
利lìwith merit, of value, with rewards
Line 4
顛diānabnormal, overwhelming, disproportionate
頤yíappetite, hunger
吉jíis promising, auspicious, opportune, timely
虎hǔa, the tiger
視shìlooks, watches, observes, studies, searches
眈dānstaring, glaring
眈dānand staring, glaring; with fixed gaze
其qíwith its own; it, this is a
欲yùpassion, desire, longing, lust, hunger, want
逐zhúis to hunt, pursue
逐zhúand give chase, run wild
無wúbut no; not; nothing; without, with no
咎jiùblame; is wrong; a mistake, an error
Line 5
拂fúdismissing, rejecting; brushing off, aside
經jīngthe norms, standards, usual, customary
居jūto practice; abide, dwell in; abiding
貞zhēnpersistence, determination, resolve, truth
吉jíis promising, auspicious, hopeful, timely
不bùbut one is not, less than, ill-, un-, dis-
可kěsuited, likely, fit, inclined
涉shèto, for cross, ford, ferry, venturing
大dàthe great, big, major
川chuānstream, river, current, waters
Line 6
由yóuat, as a, the source, origin, beginning of
頤yíthe appetites, hungering, as food itself
厲lìdistress; difficult, harsh, brutal, serious
吉jíbut promising, hopeful, positive
利lìit is worthwhile, rewarding, favorable
涉shèto cross, ford, ferry, venture, experience
大dàthe great, big, major
川chuānstream, river, current, waters
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I-Ching, Hexagram 27 — WikipediaThe I-Ching or Book of Changes — Wilhelm/Baynes, Princeton University Press
基

Before internal alchemy begins, the practitioner must build the foundation — regulate diet, sleep, breath, and desire. Hex 52 (Keeping Still) is the prerequisite posture: the mountain's stillness, the body quieted. Hex 27 (Nourishment) is the prerequisite discipline: what enters and what exits, the careful tending of the body as vessel. Both hexagrams share the mountain trigram (Gèn). The internal alchemist treats the body as the laboratory — and no experiment succeeds in a disordered laboratory.

speculative
Neidan — WikipediaInternal alchemy — BritannicaTaoism — Internet Sacred Text Archive
Thunder (☳) — Arousing

One of the eight fundamental trigrams. Thunder (☳) represents Arousing — the shock of movement that initiates action. A single yang line erupts beneath two yin lines, the first son, the sudden awakening that sets things in motion.

firm
Bagua — WikipediaThe I-Ching or Book of Changes — Wilhelm/Baynes, Princeton University Press
Mountain (☶) — Keeping Still

One of the eight fundamental trigrams. Mountain (☶) represents Keeping Still — the power of stillness, meditation, and the boundary that defines. A yang line rests atop two yin lines, the third son, the gate between worlds.

firm
Bagua — WikipediaThe I-Ching or Book of Changes — Wilhelm/Baynes, Princeton University Press

Traditions

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Marginalia — Cross-References

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