Ideograms of Power

This week I put out my translation and commentary on hexagram 34, Great Power. These are key ideograms from the text.

罔

“Not” is a net. This can also mean confusion or deception. I translated it ideogrammically as “subtlety” in opposition to force.

觸

Butting/goring is a horn+eye (with a tail). Some have read the eye as “gazing intently”, thus a horn’s targ…