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    On June 25, 2010 at  5:08 PM 
      madmur1 asked:   
  
  
    
wciei i seek an mfa?
  
  
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    47 Distress
  
  
    
      
      The Statement of the first hexagram
    
    
      Distress. Continue. 
For a pure and great person: fortune. 
No fault. What is said is not trusted.
    
   
  
    The changing lines
    
        
    The first line:
    Buttocks distressed by tree stumps. 
Entering a dark ravine. 
For three harvests, meeting no one.  
     
   
 
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    58 Exchange
  
  
    The Statement of the second hexagram
  
  
   Exchange: progress and steadfast gain.
  
   
 
     
    
        
    The Image of the first hexagram
  
  
    A lake without water: 
distress. The noble one 
devotes her life 
to fulfill her will.  
      
      
      
      
     
    
        
    The Image of the second hexagram
  
  
    Joined lakes in exchange. 
The noble one 
investigates and explains 
knowledge to friends.