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On December 4, 2019 at 10:28 PM
Wde h?
and received a response of:
10 Walking
The Statement of the first hexagram
Walking on a tiger's tail:
it does not bite.
Continue.
it does not bite.
Continue.
The changing lines
The first line:
Walking forward in austerity
is without blame.
Walking forward in austerity
is without blame.
The third line:
The one-eyed can see. The lame can walk.
But they walk on the tiger's tail
and are bitten. Misfortune
when a warrior shams as a prince.
The one-eyed can see. The lame can walk.
But they walk on the tiger's tail
and are bitten. Misfortune
when a warrior shams as a prince.
The fourth line:
Walking on the tiger's tail:
fright and panic!
In the end: fortune.
Walking on the tiger's tail:
fright and panic!
In the end: fortune.
The sixth line:
Look how you walk.
Look into what will be favorable.
Oh, turn toward great fortune!
Look how you walk.
Look into what will be favorable.
Oh, turn toward great fortune!
48 Well
The Statement of the second hexagram
Well. A city may change,
but the well does not.
It does not lose, it does not gain.
In spite of all who come and go from a well,
it remains a well.
But if the rope cannot reach,
or if the well's vase is upended:_
misfortune.
but the well does not.
It does not lose, it does not gain.
In spite of all who come and go from a well,
it remains a well.
But if the rope cannot reach,
or if the well's vase is upended:_
misfortune.
The Image of the first hexagram
Heaven above, lake below:
walking. The noble one
distinguishes high and low
to fix the people's purpose.
walking. The noble one
distinguishes high and low
to fix the people's purpose.
The Image of the second hexagram
Wood above water: well.
The noble one encourages
the people and lends them
assistance.
The noble one encourages
the people and lends them
assistance.
