Words issuing up from a mouth. Unwinding the silk cocoon. Struggling over precious possessions.
Words rise up from a mouth .
It is implied that they originate in the heart. A silkworm cocoon gets divided or unraveled implying the division of personal possessions-those things as close to one as the cocoon is to the worm. Chinese writing is historically based on drawings, not spoken words. These original illustrations represent the oldest forms of the Chinese characters that later became the names the Hexagrams. Please review the Sources page for an explanation of the references.