One of the most 'obscure' parts of the commentries in the I Ching is the part that describes the nature of the World of Senses diagram. (In the Shuo Kua Chuan - Discussion of the trigrams)
"God comes forth [with his creation] in the sign of the Arousing; he brings things to completion in the sign of the Gentle; he causes creatures to perceive one another in the sign of the Clinging; he causes them to serve one another in the sign of the Receptive. He gives them joy in the sign of the Joyous; he battles in the sign of the Creative; he toils in the sign of the Abysmal; he brings them to perfection in the sign of Keeping Still" Wilhelm/Baynes p268
Wilhelm suggests that this passage is extremely old, to the extent that the passage following in the text is an addition from Confusist sources to detail what the above is all about.
However, if we consider the derivation of the I Ching in binary format (Structural bias) a pattern emerges that correlates with the characteristics of the above passage when we overlay the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®, a personality typology based on the work of Carl Jung.
The method I use makes the following MBTI/Keirsey associations with the I Ching trigrams:
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The Arousing - Engineers (XNTP), i.e. architects, philosophers, inventors
designers.
In other texts there is the suggestion that the term 'God' in Wilhelm's text
should be replaced by the generic term 'he' and also that the term [with his
creation] should be included in the translation.
Doing this creates a correlation between The Arousing and XNTPs
"[he] comes forth [with his creation] in the sign of the Arousing."
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The Gentle - Monitors (XSTJ) i.e. trustees, inspectors, administrators,
supervisors.
The management crowd. Those who direct/control tasks to their completion
"he brings things to completion in the sign of the Gentle"
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The Clinging - Organizers (XNTJ) i.e. Scientists, planners, theorticians,
Commanders, Strategists.
The map-makers and organizers of the culture.
"he causes creatures to perceive one another in the sign of the Clinging"
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The Receptive - Advocates/Disciples (XNFP) i.e. seekers, questors,
revealers, enthusiasts,
journalists.
"he causes them to serve one another in the sign of the Receptive"
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The Joyous - Players (XSFP) i.e. artist, composer, appreciator, entertainer,
performer.
"he gives them joy in the sign of the Joyous"
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The Creative - Operators (XSTP) i.e. Artisans, Crafter, Promoter,
Trouble-shooter, Negotiator
"he battles in the sign of the Creative"
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The Abysmal - Conservators (XSFJ) i.e. Preserver, conservator, protector
provider, salesperson.
"he toils in the sign of the Abysmal"
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Keeping Still - Mentors (XNFJ) i.e. seers, authors, prophets, ringmasters
pedagogues.
"he brings them to perfection in the sign of Keeping Still"
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In this context the 'signs' relate to the binary sequence and should not
be confused with the 'traditional' houses of the I Ching.
If we look at the world of senses order, we can read it as a sociological development path:
Arousing --> enlightenment and thus awareness ('birth')
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V
Gentle --> cultivation and thus influence
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V
Clinging --> guidence and thus direction
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V
Receptive --> devotion and thus trust
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V
Joyous --> reflection and thus intensity
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V
Creative --> perseverence and thus confidence
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V
Abysmal --> containment and thus control
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V
Keeping Still --> self-restraint and thus retainment/discernment (perfection) ('death')