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On December 18, 2018 at 11:22 PM 

Dt living together?

and received a response of:
old yang
yin
yang
yin
old yin
old yang
 

21 Biting

The Statement of the first hexagram

Biting. Penetrate.

Gain by prosecuting.

The changing lines

The first line:
Feet in fetters, toes cut off:

no fault.
The second line:
Biting skin, destroying the nose:

no fault.
The sixth line:
How he is imprisoned in a cangue,

ears destroyed! Misfortune.
yin
yin
yang
yin
yang
yin
 

40 Releasing

The Statement of the second hexagram

Gain in the west and south.
No cause to move forward-
then comes return, and fortune.
To have a place to go: dawn fortune.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Thunder and lightning:
biting. The ancient kings
defined penalties and
declared the laws.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Thunder and rain act:
releasing.
The noble one
pardons errors
and forgives offenses.