I Ching, the Seventh Wing
I Ching 易經 (Book of Changes). Wen Yan / Commentary on the Words of the Text, the Seventh Wing. Hexagram Qian, the Creative
The I Ching or Book of Changes, the Richard Wilhelm Translation rendered into English by Cary F. Baynes, third ed., Bollingen Series XIX, Princeton University Press, 1967
Book III, Part I, 1. Ch’ien / The Creative, “On nine in the second place”, d.8. p. 380
The superior man learns in order to gather material; he questions in order to sift it. Thus he becomes generous in nature and kindly in his actions. In the Book of Changes it is said: “Dragon appearing in the field. It furthers one to see the great man.” For he has the qualities of a ruler.1
Chinese Text Project. Book of Changes -> ䷀乾 -> 20 文言
君子學以聚之，問以辯之，寬以居之，仁以行之。《易》曰「見龍在田、利見大人」，君德也。