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On June 25, 2010 at 2:51 PM
madmur1 asked:
wciei i close the chapter?
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14 Great Holdings
The Statement of the first hexagram
Great hold_ings:
supreme
every_where.
supreme
every_where.
The changing lines
The first line:
Do not mix with the harmful
and there will be no disaster.
A pattern of difficulty, but no fault.
Do not mix with the harmful
and there will be no disaster.
A pattern of difficulty, but no fault.
The second line:
A big wagon, loaded, with a place to go.
No fault.
A big wagon, loaded, with a place to go.
No fault.
The third line:
The duke makes an offering
to the Son of Heaven.
The small are unable to do this.
The duke makes an offering
to the Son of Heaven.
The small are unable to do this.
The fifth line:
His sincerity in meeting
leads to majesty and fortune.
His sincerity in meeting
leads to majesty and fortune.
12 Clogging
The Statement of the second hexagram
Clogging by wicked people.
Nothing to be gained,
even from a steadfast prince.
The great goes, the vile comes.
Nothing to be gained,
even from a steadfast prince.
The great goes, the vile comes.
The Image of the first hexagram
Fire in heaven:
great holdings.
The noble one
curbs evil and fosters good,
and is favored
with heaven's blessings
and commands.
great holdings.
The noble one
curbs evil and fosters good,
and is favored
with heaven's blessings
and commands.
The Image of the second hexagram
Heaven and earth
separate: clogging.
The noble one acts
with self-restraint
in the face
of punishing hardship,
and avoids glory or riches.
separate: clogging.
The noble one acts
with self-restraint
in the face
of punishing hardship,
and avoids glory or riches.
