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On July 22, 2019 at 3:22 PM
Will my art ever be enough to support me?
and received a response of:
41 Decrease
The Statement of the first hexagram
Decrease. Have confidence.
Great fortune. No fault
if one can be upright.
Gain by having a place to go.
How should one act?
Two square bamboo baskets
can be used in offering.
Great fortune. No fault
if one can be upright.
Gain by having a place to go.
How should one act?
Two square bamboo baskets
can be used in offering.
The changing lines
The third line:
A group of three travelers
is decreased by one person.
One person travels and gets a friend.
A group of three travelers
is decreased by one person.
One person travels and gets a friend.
The fourth line:
Decrease your hatred.
Act quickly and you will have joy.
No fault.
Decrease your hatred.
Act quickly and you will have joy.
No fault.
14 Great Holdings
The Statement of the second hexagram
Great hold_ings:
supreme
every_where.
supreme
every_where.
The Image of the first hexagram
Lake below mountain:
decrease. The noble one
halts his anger
and curbs his desires.
decrease. The noble one
halts his anger
and curbs his desires.
The Image of the second 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.
