32.上天下澤—— 出自《履·象》
今譯:人隻有明白頭頂是天、腳下是沼澤地的自然法則,才能學會尊敬上級。
衍言:社會要和諧,敬上愛下並非老套。
《周易》小詞典:《履》,卦名。履卦兌下乾上,兌象為澤,乾象為天,故以上天下澤闡述上下尊卑之禮。
The sky is above, and below it a marsh.——- from The Great Symbolism, Lu
Modern interpretation: A man learns how to respect his superiors only by understanding the law of nature that the heaven is above and a marsh is below.
Moral: It is not out of date to respect the superiors and take good care of the subordinates.
Glossary: The Hexagram Lu consists of Dui and Qian. The lower trigram Dui symbolizes a marsh, and the upper trigram Qian the sky. With the sky above and a marsh below, Lu denotes the discrimination between high and low, respectable and disrespectable.