Steven Karcher & Michael Servetus
The King sacrifices and receives blessing on the Twin-peaked Mountain. Wise Words! The Way is open. This is not a mistake.
Dedicate your efforts to the common good. Every time you tried to gather together with others a flood of painful memories swamped you. Hold onto your compulsive desire to follow or to collect followers now. Be resolute and part from the past. It will connect you with a creative force.
Richard Wilhelm
The king offers him Mount Ch'i.
Good fortune. No blame.
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Mount Ch'i is in the western China, the homeland of King Wên, whose son, the Duke of Chou, added the words to the individual lines. The pronouncement takes us back to a time when the Chou dynasty was coming into power. At that time King Wên introduced his illustrious helpers to the god of his native mountain, and they received their places in the halls of the ancestors by the side of the ruler. This indicates a stage in which pushing upward attains its goal. One acquires fame in the sight of gods and men, is received into the circle of those who foster the spiritual life of the nation, and thereby attains a significance that endures beyond time.
