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On March 6, 2019 at 8:29 PM
What aspirations now?
and received a response of:
49 Reform
The Statement of the first hexagram
Reform: on one's own day,
confidence is won-
making, pervasive, gainful, and pure.
Regrets vanish.
confidence is won-
making, pervasive, gainful, and pure.
Regrets vanish.
The changing lines
The first line:
Bound using yellow ox hide.
Bound using yellow ox hide.
The second line:
By day's end, there is reform.
Going is fortunate and without fault.
By day's end, there is reform.
Going is fortunate and without fault.
The third line:
Going is unfortunate. Pure harshness.
Reform is declared three times
before there is confidence.
Going is unfortunate. Pure harshness.
Reform is declared three times
before there is confidence.
The fifth line:
The great person changes like a tiger.
No need to divine: there is trust.
The great person changes like a tiger.
No need to divine: there is trust.
The sixth line:
The noble one changes like a panther.
The small person changes his expression.
Going is unfortunate,
staying is pure fortune.
The noble one changes like a panther.
The small person changes his expression.
Going is unfortunate,
staying is pure fortune.
64 Not Yet Across
The Statement of the second hexagram
Not yet across. Continue.
The young fox, nearly across,
soaks its tail.
No place is gainful.
The young fox, nearly across,
soaks its tail.
No place is gainful.
The Image of the first hexagram
Fire in the middle of the
lake: reform. The noble one
orders the calendar
by the seasons.
lake: reform. The noble one
orders the calendar
by the seasons.
The Image of the second hexagram
Fire on top of water:
not yet across. The wise
one distinguishes things
carefully, and puts them
in their places.
not yet across. The wise
one distinguishes things
carefully, and puts them
in their places.
