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On January 13, 2021 at 3:12 PM
why so cruel?
and received a response of:
54 Marrying Sister
The Statement of the first hexagram
Advance: misfortune.
No place will bring gain.
No place will bring gain.
The changing lines
The first line:
A younger sister marries as a secondary wife.
The lame can tread. Going is favorable.
A younger sister marries as a secondary wife.
The lame can tread. Going is favorable.
The third line:
A younger sister waits to marry.
Returns to marry as a secondary wife.
A younger sister waits to marry.
Returns to marry as a secondary wife.
The fourth line:
A younger sister marrying.
Overflowing expectations.
A late marriage has its season.
A younger sister marrying.
Overflowing expectations.
A late marriage has its season.
The fifth line:
Emperor Yi gives his younger sister in marriage.
Her royal sleeves are not as fine
as the secondary wives'. The moon: nearly full.
Fortune.
Emperor Yi gives his younger sister in marriage.
Her royal sleeves are not as fine
as the secondary wives'. The moon: nearly full.
Fortune.
The sixth line:
A woman carries a basket: no fruit.
A man sacrifices a ram: no blood.
No place is gainful.
A woman carries a basket: no fruit.
A man sacrifices a ram: no blood.
No place is gainful.
57 Wind
The Statement of the second hexagram
Wind. Slight progress.
Gain by having a place to go.
Gain by seeing the great person.
Gain by having a place to go.
Gain by seeing the great person.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder over lake:
marrying sister.
The noble one pursues
far-reaching goals
while keeping aware
of possible ruin.
marrying sister.
The noble one pursues
far-reaching goals
while keeping aware
of possible ruin.
The Image of the second hexagram
Wind following wind:
wind. The noble one gives
further instructions
and takes action.
wind. The noble one gives
further instructions
and takes action.
