I-Ching. The Six Dragons series of the Hexagram Qian.
易经。乾卦六龙系列。
A Dragon a day.
一日一龙。
Sixth. Top Dragon.
上九。亢龙。
The Classic reads: Top Dragon is with Regrets. 爻曰：亢龙有悔
My modern interpretation:
我的现代诠释：
Conventional
interpretation of this hexagram is that the dragon here is flying too
high and thus, it is starting to have its downfall (regrets).
传统上对亢龙有悔的解释是盈盛则亏。
I think this interpretation of the oracle is not logical since the oracle says it’s auspicious.
那我们如何解释此卦此爻是吉呢。
The word to describe “top“ (Dragon ) here is “kang”亢。it means the throat.
亢字，说文解字解释为＂咽喉”。
The
throat is the most important part of the Dragon. You breath, drink and
eat from the throat. And you speak, roar and spurt water from the
throat.
咽喉是很重要的部位。呼吸，饮水，吞食是经过这里。发话，咆哮，吐水也经过这里。
But the throat
is also the most vulnerable part of the body. It cannot protects
itself. It needs to be protected. That is the “regret”, that the Classic
is talking about.
可是咽喉也是身体最柔弱的部位。它不能保护自己，它极需保护。 这是＂悔＂之处。
Leaders
of the most high and mighty has their vulnerabilities. When they are
aware of that (instead of just the enemies being aware of that), they
will be in good luck.
再强之龙亦有其脆弱之处。能有自知之明便是吉祥如意。
I wrote the
word regret a bit specially. The left side of the character is the
erected heart organ, which I wrote it slanted, and thus look like the
character “water”. The whole word looks like the Chinese word “sea”.
＂悔＂字我书得有些特别。竖心旁写弯些看起来有点像水旁。整个字看起来似＂海”。
The sea is huge and deep and occupy three quarters of the earth surface. But the sea cannot engulf the whole land.
海，大而深，占地球面积四分之三。可再大也吞不下整个地。
The
bigger we are, the more we should be aware of our boundaries, and never
cross it. We do the best within our boundaries. Three quarter of the
earth surface is wonderful enough for the sea. This is what I believe
the message of this dragon is about.
我们越大，越得了解自己的限制。别越界！只在自己界内作出最佳。四分之三的地球面积己经太好了，太足夠了。
我相信这便是＂亢龙有悔＂的信息。
-- Master Yun, 23 September 2020
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