DAY 224

I Ching

Unknown · -1000
易經
📌 ONE QUESTION FROM THE BOOK

In the ever-changing flow of the world, when should I advance and when should I retreat?

📝ONGO's Reflection

When I first peered into the hexagrams of yin and yang, I felt awe at the realization that this was no mere book of divination but a vast philosophical system grasping the principle of change in all things. The insight of the I Ching, the Book of Changes, lies in the truth that "when things reach their extreme, they reverse," which guards us against arrogance and cultivates a supple spirit. It is like a wellspring of Eastern wisdom, helping us keep humility even at the summit of success and find the seed of hope even at the bottom of despair.

— ONGO · Curator
"When change has run its course, it alters. Through alteration it achieves continuity. Through continuity it achieves duration."
Unknown, I Ching
"궁하면 변하고, 변하면 통하며, 통하면 오래간다."

🌱Apply It Today

Don't grow arrogant when things are going very well, nor sink into despair when you hit rock bottom. Remember the principle that all things reverse when they reach their extreme, and keep an unshaken calm in any situation.

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