Conceal the Tool, Await the Moment

answered by I Ching, Great Commentary II

기원전 편찬(십익 전국~한대)

🎬 TODAY'S FILM — IT ASKS THIS

Shaolin Soccer (2001)

dir. Stephen Chow · China

People with a skill the world mocks as obsolete carry it onto an unexpected stage. Is the skill truly behind the times, or has it simply not yet met its right moment?

THE QUESTION THE FILM ASKS

Can a gift the world laughs at as obsolete shine again when its moment comes?

THE CLASSIC'S ANSWER · ORIGINAL

君子藏器於身待時而動

📜 THE CLASSIC'S ANSWER

The noble one keeps his tool hidden within, and awaits the moment to act.

💡 TL;DR

The I Ching said the noble one keeps his tool hidden within and awaits the moment to act.

📝The Classic Answers

The I Ching said the noble one keeps his tool hidden within and awaits the moment to act. A gift that looks useless now has not vanished; it has only not met its time. Even what the world laughs at as obsolete shines again, with a power no one can imitate, when it meets the right place and moment. To keep that tool on you, not discard it before ridicule — this is the first condition of a comeback. Rather than scrapping a gift that goes unused now, I choose to keep and hone it while awaiting its time.

— ONGO · Curator

🌱Apply It Today

If you've shelved a gift that looks useless today, instead of discarding it, hone it a little while awaiting its time.

📖 Classic Source: I Ching, Great Commentary II. Ancient text in the public domain; rendered and interpreted independently by ONGO.
The film is honored as an equal questioner; its plot is rendered only as a universal dilemma. The classic source is an ancient text (Public Domain), and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.