Negative IV. Goes in the middle, but returns alone.

Interpretation. "[Negative IV] goes in the middle, but returns alone, because he follows principles.

Negative V. Is honest in returning, and will be free from remorse. Interpretation.

"[Negative V] is honest in returning, and will be free from remorse because he guides himself by the principle of mean.

Negative VI. Gets astray in returning. Unlucky. Calamities will befall him. If an army is sent out, a great defeat will be attained in the end. Unlucky even for the sovereign of the country. The conquest can not be effected in ten years.

Interpretation. It is unlucky to get astray in returning, because it is antagonistic to a course which a sovereign ought to pursue.

XXV. BU-BỘ ‹ Truthfulness, without

ment.

Bu-bô.

insincerity).

Perfectly auspicious, and advantageous to be constant. There will be calamities, if one is not just. Not advantageous to advance.

Exposition. In Bu-bô, a strong element comes from the outer complement and occupies the leading position in the inner comple[Bu-bô] moves and is stout. A strong element occupies a middle position and is concordant. To be perfectly auspicious and just, is the principle of Heaven. "There will be calamities, if one is not just. Not advantageous to advance "-for where should Bu-bô go? When the will of Heaven is unfavorable, how can it go?

Interpretation. A thunder goes under the sky and gives truthfulness to everything. Kings of old, accordingly, nurtured all things earnestly, in accordance to the fitness of season.

Positive I. Is truthful, and will be lucky to ad

vance.

Interpretation. To be truthful and to advance, is the way to attain one's wishes.

Negative II. Harvests crops without cultivation, and plants without levelling up the soil. Advantageous to advance. Note. This line has double meaning. The converse is also true.

Interpretation. The fact that "[Negative II] harvests crops without cultivation implies that he is not yet wealthy.

Negative III. There is a calamity to Bu-bô. Suppose a cattle is tied [at a certain village]; a traveller's gain will be the villagers' calamity.

Interpretation. If a traveller drives away the cattle, a calamity will befall the villagers.

Positive IV. Be constant, and you will be free from blame.

Interpretation. "Be constant and you will be free from blame," because you stick firmly.

Positive V.

Suffers from a disease of Bu-bô, but

shall have a joy, without using medicines.

Interpretation. Medicines ought not to be tried to

[a disease of] Bu-bô.

Positive VI.

Is [at the time of] Bu-bô. A calamity will befall him, if he goes. Disadvantageous in any

way.

Interpretation. It is calamitous to go in [the time of] Bu-bô, because the situation is critical.

EXAMPLES.

KEYAMURA, A WRESTLER.

Keyamura was a wrestler born in Kiūsiu, gigantic and fatty, weighing more than 250 lbs. At first he was enlisted as a wrestler of "Second Order, Extra List,” and he afterwards distinguished himself so far as to be ready to enter the order among the "Main List." I went to Ryogoku to see the feats of wrestling held there, with a friend of mine, in 1884. He was especially fond of Keyamura, and he asked me to divine whether that wrestler will advance to the seat of the "Chairs," or not. I calculated and obtained the "Positive I" of

"This hexagram has 'Ken''the father' above, and 'Shin,' 'the eldest son' below. Thus the upper body is great and strong, but the lower is relatively small and weak. Also Shin' is 'feet' and now the body of 'shin' is broken by the change of the first line. It is an emblem of a pain in legs and of being unabled to walk freely. This wrestler will therefore hurt his legs, and cease to be a wrestler next year. The 'Negative II' says, 'Harvests erops without cultivation, and plants without levelling the soil.' Now if one cultivates but does not crop, he must have ceased to be a farmer, and if he levels the ground but does not plant it, he must have akened a deserted land, but have not adopted it as an orchard. This emblem obtained in divining a wrestler shows that he will quit his hitherto practiced wrestling, and will take another calling."

Next year, in 1885 he broke his legs, and thence turned himself upon a different occupation.

THE BOUNDARY DISPUTATION BETWEEN CHINA
AND RUSSIA.

One day I was playing "go-bang" with my fellowlodgers, Lord Shimazu, Mr. Nomura, the governor of Kanagawa Ken, Mr. Y. Narushima and others, at Atami, while I was staying there in January of 1881. We were joined by Counts Okuma, Itō, Inouye, and others. One of the last named guests opened his mouth first and spoke thus, "At present China and Russia are disputing about the boundary line at Asia Minor. Both have sent forth their own committees to the spot, but can not yet settle it down. It is believed by some that it wil[ finally be decided by a war. All the world is eager to know whether it will end in War or in peace. I will ask Mr. Takashima to divine it once." I accepted his order,

and culculating obtained the "Negative II" of "Bubô (无

).”

"In forming the hexagram I have taken China as the inner complement as she is a neighbour, and Russia as the outer complement. The inner complement of 'Bubô' is 'shin' or 'wood' a movable thing, which may be compared to a wooden hammer, when referred to a utensil. The Ken' of the outer is 'big' and it is 'metal' which may be compared to a big bell. The Chinese Government is now anxious and afraid of its being still deficient in power to protect its country. Hence China will not fondly open a war for a slight cause, especially against the strong nation with which she is in contact along a great length of boundary line. Should she ever happen to do so, the two countries will never be compromised for ever. Again, as Russia keeps on the Offensive Disposition of Peter the Great, and as she is in a long continuance of a pecuniary embarrassment, she is going to enrich herself at the cost of her people's blood, and thus to compensate her finance. The Chinese government is well aware of it, and will not carelessly rise in arms again st her. In beating a huge bell with a wooden hammer, the latter will be broken while the former produces no crack.

"The 'Lineation' of the 'Negative II' has a double meaning; either to crop without sowing, and to plant without levelling; or to sow without crops and to level without planting. Whichever may be the true meaning, both are unnatural and inadmissible and yet exist. Therefore 'Bubô is a calamity,' where calamity is a thing unnatual and inadmissible, yet it is, as time is destined to be so. I shall now apply this feeling to this case. The dispute produced through the boundary with Russia is a calamity of China. China acknowledges it to be a calamity, if so she will not be so foolish as to face it herself. Hence China will not oppose Russia, but she