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On November 29, 2019 at 7:30 PM 

Wde tw?

and received a response of:
old yang
old yang
old yin
old yin
old yin
old yin
 

20 Beholding

The Statement of the first hexagram

Behold! The hands have been washed,

but the offering has not yet been made.

Be sincere and dignified in appearance.

The changing lines

The first line:
Childish beholding is not wrong

for a common person, but it is wrong

for a superior person.
The second line:
Spying and peeping:

far better to have a woman's purity.
The third line:
Beholding my life:

advance or retreat?
The fourth line:
Beholding our nation's glory:

make good use

of an audience with the king.
The fifth line:
Beholding my life:

the wise person rids herself of faults.
The sixth line:
In beholding others' lives

the wise person allows no faults.
yin
yin
yang
yang
yang
yang
 

34 Great Vigor

The Statement of the second hexagram

Great vigor, gainful purity.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

The wind moving above
the earth: beholding.
The ancient kings
inspected the provinces
and territories to establish
the right teachings.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Thunder in heaven above:
great vigor. The noble one
is never without reverence
and does not fail
in conduct.