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On January 16, 2019 at 5:05 PM
What should be worked on?
and received a response of:
17 Following
The Statement of the first hexagram
Following
what is great, smooth,
gainful, and pure.
No fault.
what is great, smooth,
gainful, and pure.
No fault.
The changing lines
The first line:
The standards of excellence are altered.
Pure fortune. Go out of the gate
to meet others and there will be merit.
The standards of excellence are altered.
Pure fortune. Go out of the gate
to meet others and there will be merit.
The fourth line:
Follow and there will be capture-but this is a sign
of misfortune. Put your confidence in the Way
and you will understand.
Then, how can there be fault?
Follow and there will be capture-but this is a sign
of misfortune. Put your confidence in the Way
and you will understand.
Then, how can there be fault?
The fifth line:
Confidence in excellence.
Fortune.
Confidence in excellence.
Fortune.
The sixth line:
Adhering and binding
to make following hold fast.
The king makes offering
on West Mountain.
Adhering and binding
to make following hold fast.
The king makes offering
on West Mountain.
23 Splitting
The Statement of the second hexagram
Splitting; no gain
in having a place to go.
in having a place to go.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder over the middle
of the lake: following.
The noble one at sunset
goes into a house to rest.
of the lake: following.
The noble one at sunset
goes into a house to rest.
The Image of the second hexagram
The mountain resting on
the earth: splitting.
When the high
are generous
to those below,
all dwell in peace.
the earth: splitting.
When the high
are generous
to those below,
all dwell in peace.
