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On March 10, 2011 at 10:24 PM
How is this project to be accomplished?
and received a response of:
11 Prospering
The Statement of the first hexagram
Prospering: the vile goes,
the great comes.
Fortune. Continue.
the great comes.
Fortune. Continue.
The changing lines
The first line:
Pulled couch grass
uproots more with it by entwined roots.
Snatch it: fortune.
Pulled couch grass
uproots more with it by entwined roots.
Snatch it: fortune.
The third line:
No flat without a slope. No advance without
return. Be steadfast in difficulty.
No fault, no grief. The other is sincere:
in feasting there will be happiness.
No flat without a slope. No advance without
return. Be steadfast in difficulty.
No fault, no grief. The other is sincere:
in feasting there will be happiness.
The sixth line:
City walls fall into a dry moat.
Do not use armies.
Report to your own capital.
Make commands: remorse.
City walls fall into a dry moat.
Do not use armies.
Report to your own capital.
Make commands: remorse.
4 Youth
The Statement of the second hexagram
A youth must be steadfast.
I do not seek the naive youth.
The naive youth seeks me.
At the first divination, I explain,
but after three times, it is irritating.
Annoyed, I explain no further.
Nevertheless, a gainful omen.
I do not seek the naive youth.
The naive youth seeks me.
At the first divination, I explain,
but after three times, it is irritating.
Annoyed, I explain no further.
Nevertheless, a gainful omen.
The Image of the first hexagram
Heaven and earth combine:
prospering.
The empress uses wealth
to fulfill the way
of heaven and earth.
She supports the order
of heaven and earth for
people on all sides.
prospering.
The empress uses wealth
to fulfill the way
of heaven and earth.
She supports the order
of heaven and earth for
people on all sides.
The Image of the second hexagram
A spring gushes
below a mountain:
the naive youth.
The noble one nourishes virtue
with determination.
below a mountain:
the naive youth.
The noble one nourishes virtue
with determination.
