thezensite The Five Ranks of the House of T'sao-tung

see: Zen Buddhism: A History Volume1 pp 222-230
by Heinrich Dumoulin, Macmillan, 1994

Sun Trigram Wind The real containing the seeming Shift Host position Tui Trigram Damage The seeming containing the real Submission Guest position Ta Kuo Hexigram Greatness Resurgence of the real Achievement Host coming to light Chung Fu Hexigram Faith The seeming uniting with the real Collective achievement Guest returning to host Chung Li  Hexigram Illumination Integration of the real and the seeming Absolute achievement Host in host           see also The Four Processes of Liberation from Subjectivity and Objectivity

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