11th October 2006
Documents relating to Sustainable Community (adapted from I Ching)
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Provides a checklist of experimental metaphorical descriptions of 64 interlinked conditions adapted from the I Ching of classical China. Three commentaries on the approach are available [A | B | C]
The interrelationships may be understood visually [Colour |
Hypergraph]
and through a map specific to relationships between the community conditions below.
Six complementary adaptations have also been made for: Sustainable: Dialogue | Conferencing | Lifestyle | Networking | Policy | Vision | (and see Overview). See other documents on I Ching and Tao te Ching
Documents
- 01 Sustainable Community : Creativity (Ch'ien) Force / Primal power / Heaven
- 02 Sustainable Community : Receptivity (K'un) Field / Primal structuring / Earth
- 03 Sustainable Community : Initial difficulty (Chun) Beginning growth / Sprouting
- 04 Sustainable Community : Inexperience (Meng)Enveloping / Clouded awareness / Young shoot
- 05 Sustainable Community : Waiting (Hsu) Awaiting / Attending / Getting wet / Nourishment
- 06 Sustainable Community : Conflict (Sung)Arguing / Dispute
- 07 Sustainable Community : Controlled threat (Shih) Army / Leading / Unorganized crowd
- 08 Sustainable Community : Solidarity (Pi) Grouping / Holding together / Union / Clustering phenomena
- 09 Sustainable Community : Subtle restraint (Hsiao Ch'u) Taming power of the small / Small accumulating
- 10 Sustainable Community : Careful conduct (Lu) Treading / Step-by-step
- 11 Sustainable Community : Peace (T'ai)Pervading
- 12 Sustainable Community : Stagnation (Pi) Obstruction / Standstill
- 13 Sustainable Community : Fellowship (T'ung Jen) Concording people / Vision sharing
- 14 Sustainable Community : Wealth (Ta Yu)Possession in great measure / Great possessing
- 15 Sustainable Community : Unpretentiousness (Ch'ien) Humility / Modesty
- 16 Sustainable Community : Enthusiasm (Yu) Provision for the future
- 17 Sustainable Community : Following (Sui) Entrainment
- 18 Sustainable Community : Remedial action (Ku) Corruption / Decay / Obsolescence
- 19 Sustainable Community : Initiative (Lin) Approaching / Nearing
- 20 Sustainable Community : Recognition (Kuan) Contemplation / Viewing / Careful observation
- 21 Sustainable Community : Decisive action (Shih Ho) Biting through
- 22 Sustainable Community : Style (Pi) Grace / Adorning / Embellishment
- 23 Sustainable Community : Deterioration (Po) Stripping away / Eliminating the outmoded / Splitting apart
- 24 Sustainable Community : Recovery (Fu) Turning point / Return / Re-emergence
- 25 Sustainable Community : Spontaneity (Wu Wang) Innocence / Unexpectedness / Unembroiled / Detachment
- 26 Sustainable Community : Conservation (Ta Ch'u) Taming power of the great / Overriding concern / Accumulation of the great
- 27 Sustainable Community : Support (Yi) Nourishment / Swallowing
- 28 Sustainable Community : Importance (Ta Kuo) Preponderance of the great / Great exceeding / Relationship to guiding principle
- 29 Sustainable Community : Persistence (K'an) Abyss / Gorge / Unavoidable danger
- 30 Sustainable Community : Normative constraint (Li) Fire / Radiance / Expanding awareness
- 31 Sustainable Community : Influence (Hsien) Conjoining / Wooing
- 32 Sustainable Community : Endurance (Heng) Perseverance / Continuity
- 33 Sustainable Community : Withdrawal (Tun) Retreat / Retiring / Seclusion
- 34 Sustainable Community : Power (Ta Chuang) Power of the great / Invigorating power
- 35 Sustainable Community : Progress (Chin) Thriving / Promoting prosperity
- 36 Sustainable Community : Decline (Ming Yi) Darkening of the light / Hiding brightness
- 37 Sustainable Community : Community (Chia Jen) Family / Collaboration
- 38 Sustainable Community : Opposition (K'uei) Polarization
- 39 Sustainable Community : Obstruction (Chien) Affliction
- 40 Sustainable Community : Liberation (Hsieh) Deliverance / Release from tension
- 41 Sustainable Community : Deficiency (Sun) Diminishing / Decrease / Loss
- 42 Sustainable Community : Assistance (Yi) Increase / Expansion / Augmenting
- 43 Sustainable Community : Resolution (Kuia) Flight / Parting / Breakthrough / Divergence
- 44 Sustainable Community : Encounter (Kou) Coming to meet / Congress
- 45 Sustainable Community : Congregation (Ts'ui) Clustering / Gathering
- 46 Sustainable Community : Advancement (Sheng) Pushing upward
- 47 Sustainable Community : Adversity (K'un) Confinement / Restriction / Oppression
- 48 Sustainable Community : Basic need (Ching) Well / Upwelling
- 49 Sustainable Community : Revolution (Ko) Uncovering / Moulting
- 50 Sustainable Community : Cultural heritage (Ting) Cauldron / Vessel
- 51 Sustainable Community : Crisis preparedness (Chen) Thunderbolts / Inspiring shock / Creative disturbance / Arousal / Shake up
- 52 Sustainable Community : Inaction (Ken) Mountain / Confronting obstacles / Keeping still / Acknowledging limits / Boundness
- 53 Sustainable Community : Development (Chien) Infiltration / Gradual achievement / Gradual progress
- 54 Sustainable Community : Elective affinity (Kuei Mei) Marrying maiden / Converting maidenhood / Acceptance of imposition
- 55 Sustainable Community : Prosperity (Feng) Abundance / Fullness / Profusion
- 56 Sustainable Community : Marginality (Lu) Wandering / Sojourning
- 57 Sustainable Community : Penetrating clarity (Sun) Gentle / Subtle penetration / Groundedness / Wind of change
- 58 Sustainable Community : Vitality (Tui) Openness / Interaction / Lake
- 59 Sustainable Community : Barrier dissolution (Huan) Flooding / Dispersal / Clearing away
- 60 Sustainable Community : Limitation (Chieh) Confused relations / Clarifying connections / Articulation
- 61 Sustainable Community : Essential quality (Chung Fu) Inner truth / Authenticity
- 62 Sustainable Community : Conscientiousness (Hsiao Kuo) Preponderance of the small / Attention to detail
- 63 Sustainable Community : Accomplishment (Chi Chi) Undertaking completion
- 64 Sustainable Community : Transformation threshold (Wei Chi) Anticipating completion / Preparing for change