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    On June 13, 2010 at  1:15 AM 
      Don Killuminati asked:   
  
  
    
Zhouyi this is don Killuminati and I want to ask, "Who or what is the root of all evil (affliction) in this world?"?
  
  
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    33 Withdrawal
  
  
    
      
      The Statement of the first hexagram
    
    
      Withdrawal. Continue.
Small gains in persisting.
    
   
  
    The changing lines
    
        
    The fourth line:
    A fitting withdrawal. 
For the wise one, fortune. 
For the inferior one, evil.  
     
   
 
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    53 Gradually
  
  
    The Statement of the second hexagram
  
  
   A woman marries: fortune. 
Gainful purity.
  
   
 
     
    
        
    The Image of the first hexagram
  
  
    A mountain under heaven:
withdrawal. 
The noble one keeps 
distant from vile people,  
not with hatred, 
but with dignity.  
      
      
      
      
     
    
        
    The Image of the second hexagram
  
  
    Wood on the mountain: 
gradually. 
The noble one dwells 
in high moral character 
and reforms 
popular customs.