Emotional I Ching : Hexagram 22

22 Adorning, Facading. Gloss
In a context of guidance we utilise discernment.

Trigrams : guidance (bottom), discernment (top) : with/from guidance comes discernment. [mountain over fire]

The mud from which 22 has emerged is best described by analogy to the under-stated qualities of hexagram 15, even-out, level-out, be modest

Commentary :

In hexagram 22 we find that facades can be important for social survival, but one must be weary of mistaking them for reality; There is at times a tendency to suck-out the inner light to prop up the outer. The context gives us the linking of words with facts (15) in the correct order (63) and thus establishing an attractive 'look' or attitude; linking things together generates 'value'. There is a focus on exaggeration, to over-emphasise to make a point or to hide a point, to gloss over etc.

Five-Phase Relationships : The trigram of Fire reflects Distribution. The trigram of Mountain reflect Filtration-through-discernment. Distribution through Filtration is here expressed in the form of adornment, facading, gloss-over.

Goal of 22 - hexagram 52 (or 'how do I 52? - 22')

22 is the goal of 18 (or 'how do I 22? - 18' How do I facade, gloss over, beautify? Through correcting of corruption (restoration of beauty etc))

The I Ching tells us about hexagram 22:

Genotype	Description	Phenotype
(01)	How does this hexagram express singlemindedness, competitiveness?	47
(02)	What is this hexagram's potential form?	22
(03)	How does this hexagram 'sprout'?	53
(04)	How does this hexagram learn social skills?	11
(05)	How does this hexagram wait for opportunity to come?	59
(06)	How does this hexagram compromise, meet half way?	43
(07)	How does this hexagram express uniformity, establishment of?	26
(08)	How does this hexagram passively attract?	37
(09)	How does this hexagram express making small gains to be noticed?	29
(10)	How does this hexagram traverse a path carefully?	28
(11)	How does this hexagram balance/harmonise, mediate?	4
(12)	How does this hexagram neutralise attacks on its core beliefs?	49
(13)	How does this hexagram express association with the likeminded?	45
(14)	How does this hexagram manage from the centre? Direct operations? Push ideology?	40
(15)	How does this hexagram level things out, keep words close to facts?	27
(16)	How does this hexagram express foresight/planning?	30
(17)	How does this hexagram find a faith? What is its faith?	33
(18)	How does this hexagram correct corruption, express that correction?	19
(19)	How does this hexagram express approaching the 'high'; defer to the 'low'?	18
(20)	How does this hexagram elicit admiration and so invigorate others passively?	63
(21)	How does this hexagram resolve problems?	62
(22)	What does this hexagram look like, how does it present itself to the outside?	2
(23)	How does this hexagram 'housekeep', clear chaff to bring out the wheat?	36
(24)	How does this hexagram 'start', express 'beginning'?	52
(25)	How does this hexagram stand up to say its piece, ignoring consequences, disentangle?	31
(26)	How does this hexagram express 'holding firm' to traditions?	7
(27)	What is the basic, skeletal form of this hexagram, The mud from which it has emerged?	15
(28)	How does this hexagram express excess, go beyond what is required?	10
(29)	How does this hexagram assert containment/control?	9
(30)	How does this hexagram express guidance/direction setting?	16
(31)	How does this hexagram 'woo', express restrained enticement?	25
(32)	How does this hexagram express commitment?	38
(33)	How does this hexagram draw-in its enemies, competitively entice?	17
(34)	How does this hexagram actively invigorate others?	64
(35)	How does this hexagram bring something into the 'light'?	55
(36)	How does this hexagram protect its 'light' when not its time?	23
(37)	How does this hexagram reflect rigid structure as a form of tension release?	8
(38)	How does this hexagram 'mirror', deal with opposition?	32
(39)	How does this hexagram obstruct, go against, stand up to, the flow?	42
(40)	How does this hexagram express tension release through relaxing structure?	14
(41)	How does this hexagram achieve clarity, concentration, distillation?	46
(42)	How does this hexagram reflect augmentation?	39
(43)	How does this hexagram 'seed', spread the word?	6
(44)	How does this hexagram persuade/seduce?	58
(45)	How does this hexagram celebrate its 'faith'?	13
(46)	How does this hexagram become more entangled with something/someone?	41
(47)	How does this hexagram integrate with the context, be it by choice or otherwise?	1
(48)	Where does this hexagram get its nutrition, what sustains it, keeps it going?	61
(49)	How does this hexagram reveal, unmask?	12
(50)	How does this hexagram express conversion of the raw to the cooked, transformation?	54
(51)	How does this hexagram express surprise, enlightenment, shock?	56
(52)	How does this hexagram express blocking, discernment?	24
(53)	How does this hexagram express gradual development, maturity?	3
(54)	How does this hexagram expend early energy, immaturity?	50
(55)	How does this hexagram deal with abundance/overflowing?	35
(56)	How does this hexagram demonstrate conditional loyalty; loyalty at a distance?	51
(57)	How does this hexagram cultivate and become influential?	60
(58)	How does this hexagram express itself intensely, self-reflect?	44
(59)	How does this hexagram make things clear, dispel illusions? lift the fog?	5
(60)	How does this hexagram standardise?	57
(61)	How does this hexagram express empathy? yielding, soft core, hard exterior?	48
(62)	How does this hexagram express overacting to establish unconditional loyalty?	21
(63)	How does this hexagram complete, 'get it right'?	20
(64)	How does this hexagram remain 'open', mis-sequence?	34

Some PAIRINGS of hexagram 22 with other hexagrams:

In the binary sequence hexagram 22 pairs with hexagram 36.

The overall focus in this pair is on covering-up, be it the need to hide one's "light" by being uncompromising or suffering the attacks of the uncompromising, or else by a need to draw attention away from the core and to the surface through beautifying the exterior, also known as facading or even to gloss-over and so draw attention away. In hexagram 36 the focus is on integration, like pulling a blanket over oneself to cover up, whereas in hexagram 22 the focus is more on differentiation, on exaggeration of something to draw attention.

In the binary sequence hexagram 22 opposes hexagram 47.

With this pairing, both 47 and 22 deal with enclosure but 47 deals with being forced to drive one's roots 'deep' due to the enclosure and so become more integrated with the context, whereas 22 builds a facade to attract attention to the exterior and so has a more differentiating aspect. Thus in 47 one is enclosed whereas in 22 one is doing the enclosure, the source is within as compared to 47 where it is without.

At the LOCAL level we are dealing with an octet of hexagrams with the FIRE trigram as base. In this sequence hexagram 22, the focus upon facading, 'opposes' hexagram 49, revelation, to unmask. More so, the exaggerated focus on revolution/revelation is reflected in a more balanced format by a focus on facading, gloss-over.

In the traditional sequence hexagram 22 pairs with hexagram 21.

The overall focus in this pair seems to be in problem solving, with 21 we 'chew it over' whereas in 22 we cover it up. The focus on 'chewing it over' reflects the need to 'removing the unnecessary' and so avoiding any further action. With 22 the focus on covering up can develop into a focus on beautifying (as in such an act is needed), facading, gloss over.

PROBLEM SOLVE:

21 : problem solve - through chew over; 21 problem solving comes out of a context described by hexagram 16 - foresight, plan, enthuse

22 : problem solve - through gloss over; 22 facade, beautify comes out of a context described by hexagram 15 - modesty, to level-out

In the traditional sequence hexagram 22 opposes hexagram 43.

In this pairing the characteristics of 22 reflect selling through packaging whereas for 43 the focus is more on selling through use of the 'gab'.

The generic properties of hexagram 22 reflect the mixing of the generic properties of hexagram 36 with the generic properties of hexagram 15.

A combination of being uncompromising (hide the light) with a focus on reducing highs and lows (covering up) reflect the properties of general facading, gloss-over, beautify expressed in hexagram 22.

In the variations on a theme sequence, hexagram 22 complements hexagram 52.

The quality emphasis here is in an internal development in 52 versus an external development of 22.