I was looking through some cards given to me for my birthday in 2006. One of them was from a close friend - it has a Chinese character on a floral background. The character (pictured) is xū. The card says that it is the I Ching character that means 'to wait' - it then says:
'If you have the patience and endurance all your dreams and wishes will be realised. Trying to hurry things along will result in disappointment'.
Now that is something to ponder!
I have checked my Chinese dictionary and the standard (non-I Ching) meaning of the character is:
需 xū - to require / to need / to want / necessity / need
(BTW if you can't see the character in this line - only symbols, you haven't set up your computer to read Chinese characters)
And really that is so apt as well.
If we add another character to the mix we get:
需索 xū suǒ( v. ) look for urgently
I think we are all doing a bit of xū suǒ with the wait - looking urgently for it to end.
By the way according to Wikipedia
"I Ching is the oldest of the Chinese classic texts. A symbol system designed to identify order in what seem like chance events, it describes an ancient system of cosmology and philosophy that is at the heart of Chinese cultural beliefs. The philosophy centers on the ideas of the dynamic balance of opposites, the evolution of events as a process, and acceptance of the inevitability of change.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching
4 comments:
What an excellent post..Thanks for sharing that with us!
That's really cool and describes the wait perfectly.
Thanks for the explanation, I can look at the Chinese Love and know that's what it means, but there are so many beautiful words as well. This is appropriate and we will all patiently continue to wait.
Blessings from NJ
Ivy
Hi nice to learn another appropriate Chinese word. Thanks for sharing.
Hugs from NJ
Ivy
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