12 Obstruction earth below, heaven above
The great goes and the small comes.
... heaven and earth do not commune, so myriad beings do not develop. When above and below do not communicate, no country can exist.
Unable to attain enlightenment yourself, you cannot influence others to attain enlightenment;
People always fear demons, strong and weak, so the tradition on Tranquillity uses words of utmost felicity to comfort them and enable them to avoid shrinking back, intimidated. People always love religious attachment in following a way, so the tradition on Obstruction uses words of utmost lament to warn them not to become attached.
Embracing service, small people are lucky; great people get through obstruction. ... in the sense that they are not deranged by the crowd.
... represents flexible docility balanced correctly, responding to the leader with positive firmness balanced correctly,... who develops people's heart with humaneness and kindness, bringing back the celestial fortune. So small people who embrace service to enlightened order are lucky.
But from the point of view of the great person,... this is where one sees the world not yet at peace and is still choked and uneasy at heart; yet it is precisely because of this unease that one can bring about a successful way through impasses and be invulnerable to mass derangement.
If there is anything you can do to help the rescue of people from obstruction, you will do it, without concern for petty reputation or petty manners.
... trouble is always overcome when it has not yet happened, and disturbance always arises in what is overlooked. Therefore it is necessary to be calm yet not forget danger, to live without forgetting death, to be orderly but not forget disorder. This should be kept firmly in mind. Who but great people can do this?
When strength is not balanced correctly, first there is obstruction.
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