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    On July  9, 2010 at  9:11 PM 
  
  
    
Is a decline immanent?
  
  
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    21 Biting
  
  
    
      
      The Statement of the first hexagram
    
    
      Biting. Penetrate. 
Gain by prosecuting.
    
   
  
    The changing lines
    
        
    The third line:
    Biting dried meat, 
encountering poison. 
Small regrets, no fault.  
     
   
 
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    30 Brilliance
  
  
    The Statement of the second hexagram
  
  
   Brilliance. Gainful purity. 
Continue. 
Tame the bull: fortune.
  
   
 
     
    
        
    The Image of the first hexagram
  
  
    Thunder and lightning: 
biting. The ancient kings 
defined penalties and 
declared the laws.  
      
      
      
      
     
    
        
    The Image of the second hexagram
  
  
    Brightness doubled: 
brilliance. The great person 
spreads his brilliance 
to illuminate 
all four directions.