88.用晦而明—— 出自《明夷·象》
今譯:人在某種特殊情況下,隱藏才能反而會獲得光明。
衍言:張揚無益,含蓄為善。
《周易》小詞典:《明夷》,卦名。夷,傷的意思。明夷卦反映社會在進步過程中往往會存在傷害的現象。
Show intelligence by keeping it obscured.——from The Great Symbolism, Ming Yi
Modern interpretation: In certain circumstances a man’s character may be more brilliant through concealing his talent.
Moral: Publicity is useless. It is good to be reserved.
Glossary: In this hexagram, Ming Yi denotes “intelligence wounded”. It reflects the phenomenon that brightness is wounded or obscured in the course of social development.