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-- DEFINING BOTH THE BIRTH AND CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS ACCORDING TO THE
CANON OF SUPREME MYSTERY (4 BCE) IN NEGATION OF ROMAN CATHOLIC (et al)
CLAIMS TO ECCLESIASTICAL PRECEDENCE AS MYTHOS

(c) 2022 Dolf Leendert Boek, Revision: 25 December 2022

The simple and unequivocal fact of our substantiated religious belief as
a capability to define from the CANON OF SUPREME MYSTERY (4 BCE) such historical notions as: the BIRTH OF JESUS with TETRAD #3 - 𝌈礥 = #454, RITUAL PURITY with TETRAD #12 - 𝌑童 = #463 and SIGN OF JONAH with TETRAD #59 - 𝍀聚 = #510 in being a consideration of IMAGO DEI, gives cause for
the reasonable view that there is no TRUTH to the RELIGIOUS BELIEF of
others which is otherwise substantiated by an anthropological slander as misnomered piety: "FORASMUCH THEN AS WE ARE THE OFFSPRING OF GOD, WE
OUGHT NOT TO THINK THAT THE *GODHEAD*-G2304: IS LIKE UNTO GOLD, OR *SILVER*-G696:, OR STONE, GRAVEN BY ART AND MAN'S DEVICE." [Acts 17:29]

    #225 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#9, #5,
#10, #1, #200] /
#294 as [#9, #5, #10, #70, #200] = theîos (G2304): {UMBRA: #294 % #41 =
#7} 1) a general name of deities or divinities as used by the Greeks; 2) *SPOKEN* *OF* *THE* *ONLY* *AND* *TRUE* *GOD*, *TRINITY*; 2a) of Christ;
2b) Holy Spirit; 2c) the Father;

#874 as [#1, #100, #3, #400, #100, #70, #200] = árgyros (G696): {UMBRA:
#874 % #41 = #13} 1) *SILVER*; 1a) 1 Cor. 3:12 refers to the silver with
which the columns of noble buildings were covered and the rafters
adorned; 1b) things made of silver; 1b1) vessels; 1b2) *IMAGES* *OF* *GODS*;

#3 - 𝌈礥 = #454
xián 1. difficult, 2. firm, 3. hard

<http://www.grapple369.com/?bible:Isaiah@60:6&date:2022.1.3>

#454 = #451 - PRAXIS OR RATIONALITY + #3 - MIRED (HSIEN) as [#2, #40,
#2, #100, #300, #10] /
    #420 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#6, #1,
#2, #100, #300, #5, #6] = bâqash (H1245): {UMBRA: #402 % #41 = #33} 1)
to seek, require, desire, exact, request; 1a) (Piel); 1a1) *TO* *SEEK*
*TO* *FIND*; 1a2) to seek to secure; 1a3) *TO* *SEEK* *THE* *FACE*; 1a4)
to desire, demand; 1a5) to require, exact; 1a6) to ask, request; 1b)
(Pual) to be sought;

"AND THE GENTILES SHALL COME TO THY LIGHT, AND KINGS TO THE BRIGHTNESS
OF THY RISING. LIFT UP THINE EYES ROUND ABOUT, AND SEE: ALL THEY GATHER THEMSELVES TOGETHER, THEY COME TO THEE: THY SONS SHALL COME FROM FAR,
AND THY DAUGHTERS SHALL BE NURSED AT THY SIDE. THEN THOU SHALT SEE, AND
FLOW TOGETHER, AND THINE HEART SHALL FEAR, AND BE ENLARGED; BECAUSE THE ABUNDANCE OF THE SEA SHALL BE CONVERTED UNTO THEE, THE FORCES OF THE
GENTILES SHALL COME UNTO THEE.

YOUTUBE: "ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH"

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5mdybeyLVc>

THE MULTITUDE OF CAMELS SHALL COVER THEE, THE DROMEDARIES OF MIDIAN AND
EPHAH; ALL THEY FROM *SHEBA*-H7614: SHALL *COME*-H935: THEY SHALL *BRING*-H5375: *GOLD*-H2091: AND *INCENSE*-H3828:; AND THEY SHALL SHOW
FORTH THE PRAISES OF THE *LORD*-H3068:.

    #420 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#30,
#100, #90, #200] = Shᵉbâʼ (H7614): {UMBRA: #303 % #41 = #16} 0) Sheba = 'seven' or 'an oath'; 1) son of Joktan and a descendant of Seth; 2) son
of Raamah, grandson of Cush, and a descendant of Ham; 3) son of Jokshan,
the son of Abraham by Keturah; 4) a nation in southern Arabia;

    #34 - KINGSHIP (CH'IN) / NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#6, #10, #2, #10, #1, #5] / [#1, #2, #10, #1, #500] /
    #61 - EMBELLISHMENT (SHIH) / NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#2, #2, #6, #1, #700] /
    #80 - LABOURING (CH'IN) / NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#2, #5, #2, #10, #1, #20, #600] /
    #420 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#6, #400, #2, #1, #5, #6] / [#6, #5, #2, #1, #400, #6] /
#454 = #451 - PRAXIS OR RATIONALITY + #3 - MIRED (HSIEN) as [#6, #5, #2,
#1, #400, #600] = bôwʼ (H935): {UMBRA: #9 % #41 = #9} 1) to go in,
enter, come, go, come in; 1a) (Qal); 1a1) to enter, come in; 1a2) to
come; i) to come with; ii) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack
(enemy); iii) to come to pass; 1a3) to attain to; 1a4) to be enumerated;
1a5) to go; 1b) (Hiphil); 1b1) to lead in; 1b2) to carry in; 1b3) to
bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring
against, bring upon; 1b4) to bring to pass; 1c) (Hophal); 1c1) to be
brought, brought in; 1c2) to be introduced, be put;

    #307 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#300, #1, #6] / [#6, #300, #1] /
    #322 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#10,
#300, #1, #5, #6] / [#6, #10, #300, #1, #5] /
    #356 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#5, #50, #300, #1] / [#50, #300, #1, #5] /
    #361 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#50,
#300, #1, #10] / [#10, #50, #300, #1] /
    #404 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#6, #2,
#5, #50, #300, #1, #600] /
#328 - ʻIbrîy (H5680): *HEBREW* as [#6, #5, #300, #10, #1, #6] / [#6,
#10, #300, #1, #5, #6] = nâsâʼ (H5375): {UMBRA: #351 % #41 = #23} 1) to lift, bear up, carry, take; 1a) (Qal); 1a1) to lift, lift up; 1a2) to
bear, carry, support, sustain, endure; 1a3) to take, take away, carry
off, forgive; 1b) (Niphal); 1b1) to be lifted up, be exalted; 1b2) to
lift oneself up, rise up; 1b3) to be borne, be carried; 1b4) to be taken
away, be carried off, be swept away; 1c) (Piel); 1c1) to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist; 1c2) to desire, long (fig.); 1c3) to carry, bear continuously; 1c4) to take, take away; 1d) (Hithpael) to lift oneself
up, exalt oneself; 1e) (Hiphil); 1e1) to cause one to bear (iniquity);
1e2) to cause to bring, have brought;

    #34 - KINGSHIP (CH'IN) / NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#20, #7, #5, #2] / [#7, #5, #2, #500] = zâhâb (H2091):
{UMBRA: #14 % #41 = #14} 1) *GOLD*; 1a) as precious metal; 1b) as a
measure of weight; 1c) of brilliance, splendour (fig.);

    #95 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#2, #30,
#2, #6, #50, #5] = lᵉbôwnâh (H3828): {UMBRA: #93 % #41 = #11} 1) *FRANKINCENSE*; 1a) a white resin burned as fragrant incense; 1a1) ceremonially; 1a2) personally; 1a3) used in compounding the holy incense;

    #34 - KINGSHIP (CH'IN) / NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#6, #2, #10, #5, #6, #5] = Yᵉhôvâh (H3068): {UMBRA: #26 %
#41 = #26} 0) Jehovah = 'the existing One'; 1) *THE* *PROPER* *NAME*
*OF* *THE* *ONE* *TRUE* *GOD*; 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel
pointings of 0136;

    #297 as [#5, #50, #100, #2, #90, #10, #600] = qâbats (H6908):
{UMBRA: #192 % #41 = #28} 1) to gather, assemble; 1a) (Qal) to gather,
collect, assemble; 1b) (Niphal); 1b1) to assemble, gather; 1b2) to be
gathered; 1c) (Piel) to gather, gather together, take away; 1d) (Pual)
*TO* *BE* *GATHERED* *TOGETHER*; 1e) (Hithpael) to gather together, be
gathered together;

ALL THE FLOCKS OF KEDAR SHALL BE *GATHERED*-H6908: TOGETHER UNTO THEE,
THE RAMS OF NEBAIOTH SHALL MINISTER UNTO THEE: THEY SHALL COME UP WITH ACCEPTANCE ON MINE ALTAR, AND I WILL GLORIFY THE *HOUSE*-H1004: OF MY
GLORY." [Isaiah 60:3-7]

<http://www.grapple369.com/?idea:454&date:2022.1.3>

    #61 - EMBELLISHMENT (SHIH) / NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#5, #6, #30, #10, #4, #6] / [#6, #5, #6, #30, #10, #4] /
    #95 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#5, #50,
#6, #30, #4] / [#5, #40, #6, #30, #10, #4] /
#454 = #451 - PRAXIS OR RATIONALITY + #3 - MIRED (HSIEN) as [#10, #30,
#4, #400, #10] = yâlad (H3205): {UMBRA: #44 % #41 = #3} 1) to bear,
bring forth, beget, gender, travail; 1a) (Qal); 1a1) *TO* *BEAR*,
*BRING* *FORTH*; i) *OF* *CHILD* *BIRTH*; ii) of distress (simile); iii)
of wicked (behaviour); 1a2) to beget; 1b) (Niphal) to be born; 1c)
(Piel); 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth; 1c2) to assist or tend as
a midwife; 1c3) midwife (participle); 1d) (Pual) to be born; 1e)
(Hiphil); 1e1) to beget (a child); 1e2) to bear (fig. - of wicked
bringing forth iniquity); 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday
(infinitive); 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree);

WHERE #454 = #451 - PRAXIS OR RATIONALITY + #3 - MIRED (HSIEN): "HEAD:
Yang ch'i stirs slightly. Though stirred, it is mired [in yin]. "Mired"
refers to the difficulty attending the #454 - *BIRTH* *OF* *THINGS*.

This tetragram explores the difficulty experienced at the start of any initiative. The character used for the title of this tetragram, a hapax graphomenon found only in the Mystery, is made up of two components: the
first means "stone," the second means "firm" or "solid." Cognates for
the title character include "to bind tightly or fast," ''solidly fixed,"
#328 - *IMPRISONED* and "unmoving." Clearly, movement is sluggish and
weighted down at the beginning. Throughout the tetragram, the title
character is played off against the verb, "to pull out," an action which
is always viewed favourably. The title, then, must indicate the
lamentable situation in which something is "held fast" or "mired" in
some kind of trouble. This definition is supported by the Head text that pictures yang ch'i *LIKE* *A* *CHILD* *STRUGGLING* *TO* *ESCAPE* *THE*
*DARK* *HOLD* *OF* *THE* *COSMIC* *WOMB*. (Note the tetragram's
correlation with the Woman constellation.)

Like the succeeding tetragram Barrier, this tetragram emphasizes the
dangers inherent in premature action. The early Appraisals in particular
show the disadvantages of inadequate development, which prevents clean extraction (of the hair from the head, of evil from the self, of the
worthy man from obscurity, of the world from its benighted customs). The
*WISE* *MAN* #454 - *AWAITS* the proper time in the cycle so that trends
favour him, knowing that even yang ch'i must wait until spring before manifesting itself in full glory.

#454 = #451 - PRAXIS OR RATIONALITY + #3 - MIRED (HSIEN) as [#6, #8,
#20, #10, #400, #10] = châkâh (H2442): {UMBRA: #33 % #41 = #33} 1) to
wait, wait for, *AWAIT*; 1a) (Qal) to wait for; 1b) (Piel); 1b1) to
wait, tarry; 1b2) to wait (in ambush); 1b3) to wait for, long for;

In an additive narrative form borrowed from the Changes, Appraisals 5­7 skilfully use the metaphor of the #476 - *JOURNEY* to suggest the course
of potential development from moral ignorance to full appreciation of
the Tao. #454 / #510 - *LIKE* the traveler, the person set upon self­-cultivation meets various obstacles and detours, but so long as he
never swerves from the right path, he will eventually arrive safely at
his destination.

#454 = #451 - PRAXIS OR RATIONALITY + #3 - MIRED (HSIEN) as [#400, #4,
#40, #10] / [#4, #40, #10, #400] /
#510 = #451 - PRAXIS OR RATIONALITY + #59 - MASSING (CHU) as [#400, #4,
#40, #10, #6, #700] = dâmâh (H1819): {UMBRA: #49 % #41 = #8} 1) to be
like, resemble; 1a) (Qal) to be like, resemble; 1b) (Piel); 1b1) to
liken, compare; 1b2) to imagine, think; 1c) (Hithpael) to make oneself
like; 1d) (Niphal);
"AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE DAYS, THAT THERE WENT OUT A DECREE FROM
CAESAR AUGUSTUS, THAT ALL THE WORLD SHOULD BE TAXED (#510 - jù (聚): *TO* *LEVY*; *TO* *IMPOSE* [*A* *TAX*] / (信王命也): *TRUST* *IN* *THE* *KING'S* *DECREE*). (AND THIS TAXING WAS FIRST MADE WHEN CYRENIUS WAS GOVERNOR OF SYRIA.) AND ALL WENT TO BE TAXED, EVERY ONE INTO HIS OWN CITY. AND
JOSEPH ALSO *WENT*-G1831: UP FROM GALILEE, OUT OF THE CITY OF NAZARETH,
INTO JUDAEA, UNTO THE CITY OF DAVID, WHICH IS CALLED BETHLEHEM; (BECAUSE
HE WAS OF THE HOUSE AND LINEAGE OF DAVID:) TO BE TAXED WITH MARY HIS
ESPOUSED WIFE, BEING GREAT WITH CHILD." [Luke 2:1-5]

    #277 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#5, #60,
#8, #30, #9, #70, #40, #5, #50] = exérchomai (G1831): {UMBRA: #891 % #41
= #30} 1) to go or come forth of; 1a) *WITH* *MENTION* *OF* *THE*
*PLACE* *OUT* *OF* *WHICH* *ONE* *GOES*, *OR* *THE* *POINT* *FROM*
*WHICH* *HE* *DEPARTS*; 1a1) of those who leave a place of their own
accord; 1a2) of those who are expelled or cast out; 1b) metaphor:; 1b1)
to go out of an assembly, i.e. forsake it; 1b2) to come forth from
physically, arise from, to be born of; 1b3) to go forth from one's
power, escape from it in safety; 1b4) to come forth (from privacy) into
the world, before the public, (of those who by novelty of opinion
attract attention); 1b5) of things; i) of reports, rumours, messages,
precepts; ii) to be made known, declared; iii) to be spread, to be
proclaimed; iv) to come forth; 1) emitted as from the heart or the
mouth; 2) to flow forth from the body; 3) to emanate, issue; 31) used of
a sudden flash of lightning; 32) used of a thing vanishing; 33) used of
a hope which has disappeared;

#39 - 𝌬居 = #490
jū: 1. residence; dwelling, 2. to be at a position, 3. to live; to
dwell; to reside, 4. to stay put, 5. to claim; to assert, 6. to store
up; to accumulate, 7. unexpectedly, 8. to sit down, 9. to possess, 10.
to hold in storage; to retain; to harbour, 11. Ju, 12. interrogative
particle

#490 = #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY + #39 - RESIDENCE (CHU) as [#2, #10,
#400, #30, #8, #40] = Bêyth Lechem (H1035): {UMBRA: #490 % #41 = #39} 0) Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine; Bethlehem.;
#54 - 𝌻昆 = #505 - *HORUS*
kūn: 1. elder brother, 2. descendant; elder brother

#505 = #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY + #54 - UNITY (K'UN) as [#2, #10,
#400, #5, #30, #8, #40, #10] = Bêyth hal-Lachmîy (H1022): {UMBRA: #505 %
#41 = #13} 0) a Beth-lechemite, or native of Bethlechem; Bethlehemite.;

"AND SAUL SAID TO HIM, WHOSE SON ART THOU, THOU YOUNG MAN? AND DAVID
ANSWERED, I AM THE SON OF THY SERVANT JESSE THE *BETHLEHEMITE*-H1022.
AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN HE HAD MADE AN END OF SPEAKING UNTO SAUL, THAT
THE SOUL OF JONATHAN WAS KNIT WITH THE SOUL OF DAVID, AND JONATHAN LOVED
HIM AS HIS OWN SOUL." [1Samuel 17:58-18:1]

When studying the great conjunction of 1603, Johannes Kepler thought
that the *STAR* OF BETHLEHEM might have been the occurrence of a great conjunction. He calculated that a triple conjunction of JUPITER AND
SATURN occurred in 7 BC (−6 using astronomical year numbering).

@1 - ATUM (FASCISM / DOMINION [#65, #41, #17] / #296 - monogenḗs
(G3439): *ONLY* *MEMBER* *OF* *KIN*, *KIND*),
@5 - SHU (ROMAN NOTION OF STATE / #328 - génos (G1085): *NATION* *AS* *AGGREGATE* *INDIVIDUAL* *OF* *SAME* *NATURE*),
#15 - TEFNUT (SATURN: #260),
#34 - GEB (JUPITER: #175),
#65 - NUT (MARS : #65),
#111 - OSIRIS (SUN: #34),
#175 - ISIS (VENUS: #369),
#260 - SET (MERCURY: #111),
#369 - NEPHTHYS (MOON: #15),
#505 - HORUS (SATURN) <-- *THIS* *IS* *YOUR* *CATHOLIC* / *ORTHODOX*
*BABY* *JESUS*

Such a notion would conform to the theory of JUPITER / SATURN
conjunction (however I don't have sufficient knowledge of the subject).

REDUCTION AD HITLERUM ON 5 JULY 1941 WITH IDEA @1 - IMMATERIAL ELEMENT
TO PYTHAGOREAN THEORY OF NUMBER : "WE MUST DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE
FASCIST POPULAR MOVEMENT AND THE POPULAR MOVEMENT IN RUSSIA. THE FASCIST MOVEMENT IS A SPONTANEOUS RETURN TO THE TRADITIONS OF ANCIENT ROME. THE
RUSSIAN MOVEMENT HAS AN ESSENTIAL TENDENCY TOWARDS ANARCHY.

BY INSTINCT, THE RUSSIAN DOES NOT INCLINE TOWARDS A HIGHER FORM OF
SOCIETY." [page 3]

REDUCTIO AD HITLERUM ON 21-22 JULY 1941 WITH IDEA @5 - IMMATERIAL
ELEMENT TO PYTHAGOREAN THEORY OF NUMBER: "IF THE DUCE WERE TO DIE, IT
WOULD BE A GREAT MISFORTUNE FOR ITALY. AS I WALKED WITH HIM IN THE
GARDENS OF THE VILLA BORGHESE, I COULD EASILY COMPARE HIS PROFILE WITH
THAT OF THE ROMAN BUSTS, AND I REALISED HE WAS ONE OF THE CAESARS.
THERE'S NO DOUBT AT ALL THAT MUSSOLINI IS THE HEIR OF THE GREAT MEN OF
THAT PERIOD.

DESPITE THEIR WEAKNESSES, THE ITALIANS HAVE SO MANY QUALITIES THAT MAKE
US LIKE THEM.

ITALY IS THE COUNTRY WHERE INTELLIGENCE CREATED THE NOTION OF THE STATE.
THE ROMAN EMPIRE IS A GREAT POLITICAL CREATION, THE GREATEST OF ALL."
[page 10]

The #476 - *JOURNEY* metaphor also levels implicit criticism at the
Sophists and at Chuang tzu, who used the paradox "Mountain and abyss are
level" in arguing for the absolute equivalence of all experience.
Following the tradition of the philosopher HSÜN TZU, YANG HSIUNG insists
upon the substantive differences between various courses of action open
to the individual. In his verses, then, mountain and abyss are shown to
be far more dangerous than hill and gully.
#454 = #451 - PRAXIS OR RATIONALITY + #3 - MIRED (HSIEN) as [#6, #5, #7,
#20, #6, #400, #10] = zâkak (H2141): {UMBRA: #47 % #41 = #6} 1) to be
*PURE*, be bright, be clean, be bright, clean; 1a) (Qal); 1a1) to be
bright, be shining; 1a2) to be clean, be pure; 1a3) (Hiphil) to cleanse,
make cleanse, make clean;

APPRAISAL #1: Yellow, #454 - *PURE*, and in hiding,
Its boundaries are unseen,
Stored away, pent-up in the Springs.
FATHOMING #1: Yellow, #454 - *PURE*, and in hiding
Means: Transformations take place in secret.

Since this tetragram corresponds to the second week after the winter
solstice, yang ch'i remains confined to the watery netherworld of the
Yellow Springs. Although its outline is unclear, its potency is
signified by the adjectives "yellow" and "#454 - *PURE*." Yang ch'i is
yellow in two senses: It is essential to future development and
nourishing like yellow Earth. It is #454 - *PURE* in that it is both unadulterated and concentrated, though latent. Here it is poised to feed
the roots of future action.

Position 1 is aligned with the Beginning of Thought, as well as with the
Water phase. The watery depths symbolize the mind's unseen operations
prior to action and may also suggest the suasive potential of the
superior man.

APPRAISAL #2: The yellow is impure,
Bent at the root.
FATHOMING #2: That yellow is impure
Means: What is central and suitable is lost.

The commentator FAN WANG attributes arrested development to the
antagonistic relation between the agent Fire (assigned to Appraisal 2)
and the agent Wood (assigned to the full tetragram and to Appraisal 3).
But SSU­MA KUANG seems much closer to the mark: If the base is #454 /
#463 - *WEAK* in any way, future growth is sure to be stunted. Our
attention is drawn to the petty man whose #454 / #463 - *WEAK*
conscience impedes his moral growth.

APPRAISAL #3: The rosy babe is lifted up
So that original purity
Will have its rightful end.
FATHOMING #3: Newborn child, lifted and lifted,
Means: Father and mother attend to it.

#454 = #451 - PRAXIS OR RATIONALITY + #3 - MIRED (HSIEN) as [#200, #2,
#200, #2, #50] = rabrᵉbân (H7261): {UMBRA: #454 % #41 = #3} 1) lord, *NOBLE*;

The #454 - *BABY* *IS* *NAKED*, alerting us to man's original likeness
to the beasts. The #454 - *NEWBORN* *BABE* is rosy, with red signifying
virile yang ch'i, and by extension, perfect potentiality, auspicious
coherence, and concentration of the vital powers. The powerful metaphor
of the rosy babe is typically employed by early Taoist thinkers to prove
the remarkable strength of the inborn capacities. However, the Mystery
is careful to distinguish the potential for virtue implanted in all of
us from its eventual actualization in the #454 - *NOBLE* man. The seeds
of inborn goodness are fragile and easily lost. And a return to
infantile spontaneity is by no means to be confused with true virtue.
Just as the #454 - *NAKED* *CHILD* in its highly vulnerable state
requires the support of both loving parents, so does full development of
the heart/mind depend upon careful training received from moral
superiors. This poem praises not the child, but those authorities
(living or dead) who guide their subordinates "as if they were tending a
#454 - *NEWBORN* *BABE*." As the Changes maxim puts it, "To nourish the
Right in the young ignoramus is the task of the sage."

    #244 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#8, #30, #80, #10, #20, #1, #40, #5, #50] /
    #297 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#5, #30, #80, #10, #7, #70, #40, #5, #50] /
#454 = #451 - PRAXIS OR RATIONALITY + #3 - MIRED (HSIEN) as [#8, #30,
#80, #10, #20, #1, #300, #5] = elpízō (G1679): {UMBRA: #932 % #41 = #30}
1) to *HOPE*; 1a) in a religious sense, to wait for salvation with joy
and full confidence; 2) hopefully to trust in;

Of course, once the extended course of moral training has led the child
to realize his full potential for humanity, the son becomes the joy of
his parents' old age. That explains why the parents watch over it not
only with anxiety, but also with affection and #454 - *HOPE*.

APPRAISAL #4: Pulling out our faults
Is not possible by force.
FATHOMING #4: Uprooting our faults
Means: This goes beyond physical strength.

The Appraisal's correlation with the phase Metal may account for its
references to physical force. In any case, by referring to the
difficulties of reform, these lines balance Yang's reference to original
purity in Appraisal 3. The Mystery is careful not to promote an
idealistic vision of man in the state of nature. According to YANG
HSIUNG, the inborn nature at birth is a mixture of good and evil; only
those who weed out their evil tendencies can become truly good. But the application of physical force alone cannot produce improvement; as Yang
writes elsewhere, "The #454 - *NOBLE* man excels in virtue; the petty
man, in physical strength." The best way to correct oneself is to follow
the example of moral superiors, either in person or through study of
their #454 - *TEACHINGS*.

    #244 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#4, #10,
#4, #1, #200, #20, #5] /
#454 = #451 - PRAXIS OR RATIONALITY + #3 - MIRED (HSIEN) as [#4, #10,
#4, #1, #200, #20, #5, #10, #200] = didáskō (G1321): {UMBRA: #1039 % #41
= #14} 1) to teach; 1a) to hold discourse with others in order to
instruct them, deliver didactic discourses; 1b) to be a teacher; 1c) to discharge the office of a teacher, conduct one's self as a teacher; 2)
to teach one; 2a) to impart instruction; 2b) *INSTILL* *DOCTRINE* *INTO*
*ONE*; 2c) the thing taught or enjoined; 2d) to explain or expound a
thing; 2e) to teach one something;

Since the verb "pull out" can also mean "raising someone from
obscurity," these verses also conceivably rebuke the ruler for his
appointment of officials. This possibility is strengthened by the
alignment of Position 4 with ministerial rank. Two commentators (FAN
WANG and SSU­MA KUANG), therefore, offer a second reading for the Appraisal:

To raise me from obscurity, [despite? because of?] faults, By force, one
cannot overcome [difficulties].
To raise me from obscurity, [despite? because of?] faults, Force is not
up to [the task].

In selecting his officials, the ruler has consciously or inadvertently
chosen those who prefer to rule by force.

APPRAISAL #5: To pull the chariot
Out of mountain or abyss
Is a task befitting the great man.
FATHOMING #5: Pulling chariots from mountain and abyss
Means: This is the strength of the highly placed.

As in the West, the abyss symbolizes desperate situations; the mountain, dangerous heights to be scaled. The term "great man" can refer either to
a giant or to the worthy man fit to govern others. If the chariot
represents political purchase, the magnitude of the ruler's difficulties
is suggested by both the extremely dangerous location of the carriage
and its stalled condition. It will take a great man in high places to
rescue the stranded state from its precarious position. A fine example
of incremental repetition, Appraisals 5­9 follow the chariot on its
progress.

APPRAISAL #6: Leading his chariot,
He enters the ruins.
FATHOMING #6: Leading his chariot into the ruins
Means: He has not found the Way.

#454 = #451 - PRAXIS OR RATIONALITY + #3 - MIRED (HSIEN) as [#3, #1,
#30, #400, #500] = gᵉʼullâh (H1353): {UMBRA: #39 % #41 = #39} 1)
kindred, redemption, right of redemption, price of redemption; 1a) kin, kindred; 1b) *REDEMPTION*; 1c) right of redemption; 1d) price of
redemption, redemption price;

Having just been *PLUCKED* *FROM* *EXTREME* *DANGER* (*EITHER*
*POLITICAL* *CHAOS* *OR* *THE* *MORAL* *ABYSS*), the ruler now sets off
in a direction which leads to ultimate destruction. Perhaps he has been
poorly advised by his ministers.

APPRAISAL #7: Escaping perilous terrain, He ascends the hill.
There he is brought an OX
FATHOMING #7: To escape the defile, go up the hill
Means: There is no substitute for timely aid.

Although the chariot has not yet reached the safety of the level plain, imminent danger has been avoided. And though the chariot is ill­-suited
to hilly terrain, this present move has two advantages: first, from the
top of a hill, the driver can see the Way all the more clearly; second,
the top of the hill is more defensible. Since someone brings an ox,
reliable help from outside has been secured. The ultimate source of this valuable aid is indicated by a pun. The graph for hill is also used for
the personal name of Confucius, the great sage-­master.

APPRAISAL #8: Failing to pull the chariot free,
He cracks his ribs, cracking axle.
FATHOMING #8: Failing to pull the chariot free
Means: He harms his own person.

The petty individual who fails to measure his own strength will not be
able to pluck himself from danger. Instead, his misguided efforts will
simply compound his problems. Here, both his tools and his person
suffer. If the carriage stands for the state, both the ruling house and
its head are overturned.

APPRAISAL #9: High mountains tower.
Below, the river breaks in waves.
That man has an oar­ drawn ferry.
With him, you can cross.
FATHOMING #9: High mountains, great rivers
Means: Without the boat, impossible to cross.

Position 9 represents an extreme situation. Here either course of action
seems to present its own dangers. To one side, there are towering
mountains; on the other, raging rapids. Extreme caution must be
exercised if death (physical or moral) is to be avoided. The wise
individual keeps on the alert for outside help in order to survive.

Among the waters, there are great rivers; among the mountains, there are towering peaks. What is tall or great, ordinary men cannot cross. . . .
Surely it has never happened yet that one discards the boat to cross the waters. Nor has it ever happened that one discards the Five Classics [of Confucianism] but is saved in the Way.

For YANG HSIUNG, Confucian tradition as recorded in the Classics
provides the only vehicle by which to pass through life's vicissitudes."
[@1, pages 102 to 106]

    #269 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#3, #8,
#40, #8, #10, #200] /
#454 = #451 - PRAXIS OR RATIONALITY + #3 - MIRED (HSIEN) as [#3, #1,
#40, #8, #200, #1, #200, #1] = gaméō (G1060): {UMBRA: #849 % #41 = #29}
1) *TO* *LEAD* *IN* *MARRIAGE*, *TAKE* *TO* *WIFE*; 1a) to get married,
to marry; 1b) to give one's self in marriage; 2) to give a daughter in marriage;

#12 - 𝌑童 = #463
tóng:   1. boy; *CHILD*, 2. boy servant, 3. immature, 4. bare; bald, 5.
pupil of the eye, 6. male child slave, 7. an ignorant person, 8. Tong,
9. young, 10. *UNMARRIED*

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#463 = #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY + #12 - YOUTHFULNESS (T'UNG) as [#6,
#2, #400, #10, #5, #600] /
    #419 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 13 FEBRUARY as [#2, #2, #10, #400, #5] /
    #420 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#2, #2,
#10, #400, #6] /as [#6, #2, #2, #10, #400] = bayith (H1004): {UMBRA:
#412 % #41 = #2} 1) house; 1a) house, dwelling habitation; 1b) shelter
or abode of animals; 1c) human bodies (fig.); 1d) of Sheol; 1e) of abode
of light and darkness; 1f) of land of Ephraim; 2) place; 3) receptacle;
4) home, house as containing a family; 5) household, family; 5a) those belonging to the same household; 5b) family of descendants, descendants
as organized body; 6) household affairs; 7) inwards (metaphor:); 8)
(TWOT) *TEMPLE*; 9) on the inside; 10) within;
#463 = #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY + #12 - YOUTHFULNESS (T'UNG) as
[#20, #2, #400, #6, #30, #5] = bᵉthûwlâh (H1330): {UMBRA: #443 % #41 =
#33} 1) *VIRGIN*;

#463 = #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY + #12 - YOUTHFULNESS (T'UNG) as [#8,
#400, #50, #5] = chăthunnâh (H2861): {UMBRA: #463 % #41 = #12} 1)
wedding, *MARRIAGE*;

    #338 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 13 FEBRUARY as [#3, #70, #50, #5,
#10, #200] = goneús (G1118): {UMBRA: #728 % #41 = #31} 1) fathers,
parent, the *PARENTS*;

    #225 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#80, #1, #10, #4, #10, #70, #50] /
    #385 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 13 FEBRUARY as [#80, #1, #10, #4,
#10, #70, #10, #200] = paidíon (G3813): {UMBRA: #225 % #41 = #20} 1) a
young child, a little boy, a little girl; 1a) infants; 1b) children,
little ones; 1c) an infant; 1c1) *OF* *A* (*MALE*) *CHILD* *JUST*
*RECENTLY* *BORN*; 1d) of a more advanced child; of a mature child;; 1e) metaphor: children (like children) in intellect;

    #430 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 13 FEBRUARY as [#50, #70, #40, #70, #200] = nómos (G3551): {UMBRA: #430 % #41 = #20} 1) anything
established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command; 1a)
of any law whatsoever; 1a1) *A* *LAW* *OR* *RULE* *PRODUCING* *A*
*STATE* *APPROVED* *OF* *GOD*; i) by the observance of which is approved
of God; 1a2) a precept or injunction; 1a3) the rule of action prescribed
by reason; 1b) of the Mosaic law, and referring, acc. to the context.
either to the volume of the law or to its contents; 1c) the Christian
religion: the law demanding faith, the moral instruction given by
Christ, esp. the precept concerning love; 1d) the name of the more
important part (the Pentateuch), is put for the entire collection of the
sacred books of the OT;

"AND HE CAME BY THE SPIRIT INTO THE *TEMPLE*: AND WHEN THE
*PARENTS*-G1118: (ie. *UNMARRIED* IN BEING A parthénos (G3933):
*MARRIAGEABLE* *MAIDEN* mnēsteúō (G3423): *BETROTHED*) BROUGHT IN THE *CHILD*-G3813: JESUS, TO DO FOR HIM AFTER THE CUSTOM OF THE *LAW*-G3551:
(ie. 3 JANUARY + 41 days = 13 FEBRUARY: After giving birth to a male,
the mother is impure for 7 days, followed by 33 days of purification
[v21-22]),

    #31 - PACKING (CHUANG) / NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 13 FEBRUARY as
[#20, #1, #10] = kaí (G2532): {UMBRA: #31 % #41 = #31} 1) and, also,
even, indeed, but;

    #80 - LABOURING (CH'IN) / NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#4, #5, #60, #1, #10] /
    #290 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 13 FEBRUARY as [#4, #5, #60, #1,
#200, #9, #1, #10] = déchomai (G1209): {UMBRA: #730 % #41 = #33} 1) to
take with the hand; 1a) *TO* *TAKE* *HOLD* *OF*, *TAKE* *UP*; 2) to take
up, receive; 2a) used of a place receiving one; 2b) to receive or grant
access to, a visitor, not to refuse intercourse or friendship; 2b1) to
receive hospitality; 2b2) to receive into one's family to bring up or
educate; 2c) of the thing offered in speaking, teaching, instructing;
2c1) to receive favourably, give ear to, embrace, make one's own,
approve, not to reject; 2d) to receive. i.e. to take upon one's self,
sustain, bear, endure; 3) to receive, get; 3a) to learn;

    #134 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 13 FEBRUARY as [#9, #5, #70, #50] = theós (G2316): {UMBRA: #284 % #41 = #38} 1) a god or goddess, a general
name of deities or divinities; 2) the *GODHEAD*, trinity; 2a) God the
Father, the first person in the trinity; 2b) Christ, the second person
of the trinity; 2c) Holy Spirit, the third person in the trinity; 3)
spoken of the only and true God; 3a) refers to the things of God; 3b)
his counsels, interests, things due to him; 4) whatever can in any
respect be likened unto God, or resemble him in any way; 4a) God's representative or viceregent; 4a1) of magistrates and judges;

    #342 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR PERIHELION ON 3 JANUARY as [#8, #10,
#4, #5, #10, #300, #5] /
    #430 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 13 FEBRUARY as [#5, #10, #4, #400,
#10, #1] = eídō (G1492): {UMBRA: #819 % #41 = #40} 1) to see; 1a) *TO* *PERCEIVE* *WITH* *THE* *EYES*; 1b) to perceive by any of the senses;

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