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On December 23, 2020 at 6:43 PM 

Manuscript is a collective name for texts?

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

39 Hindered

The Statement of the first hexagram

Gain in the west and south.

No gain in the east and north.

Gain by seeing the great person.

Pure fortune.

The changing lines

The third line:
Going: hindered.

Approaching: reversal.
The fourth line:
Going: hindered.

Coming: joining.
The sixth line:
Going: hindered.

Coming: enormous fortune.

Gain by seeing the great person.
yang
yang
yang
yin
yin
yin
 

12 Clogging

The Statement of the second hexagram

Clogging by wicked people.

Nothing to be gained,

even from a steadfast prince.

The great goes, the vile comes.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Water on top of the
mountain: hindered.
The noble one
turns inward
to cultivate virtue.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Heaven and earth
separate: clogging.
The noble one acts
with self-restraint
in the face
of punishing hardship,
and avoids glory or riches.