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On August 4, 2015 at 6:59 PM
What am I doing wrong in my sales pitches?
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34 Great Vigor
The Statement of the first hexagram
Great vigor, gainful purity.
The changing lines
The first line:
Vigor in the toes:
advancing brings certain misfortune.
Uprightness brings fortune.
Vigor in the toes:
advancing brings certain misfortune.
Uprightness brings fortune.
The second line:
Persist.
Fortune.
Persist.
Fortune.
The third line:
The inferior exert strength, the superior
exert not. Persist in harsh times.
A ram butts a hedge, entangling his horns.
The inferior exert strength, the superior
exert not. Persist in harsh times.
A ram butts a hedge, entangling his horns.
The fourth line:
Pure fortune. Regrets vanish.
The hedge breaks: entanglement is gone.
Strong as a great car's axle blocks.
Pure fortune. Regrets vanish.
The hedge breaks: entanglement is gone.
Strong as a great car's axle blocks.
The fifth line:
The ram is lost easily.
No remorse.
The ram is lost easily.
No remorse.
8 Joining
The Statement of the second hexagram
Joining brings fortune.
Repeating the divination by yarrow stalks
brings a supreme and lasting omen
without fault.
Those who are not sure
will join the plan.
Those who are late
will meet misfortune.
Repeating the divination by yarrow stalks
brings a supreme and lasting omen
without fault.
Those who are not sure
will join the plan.
Those who are late
will meet misfortune.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder in heaven above:
great vigor. The noble one
is never without reverence
and does not fail
in conduct.
great vigor. The noble one
is never without reverence
and does not fail
in conduct.
The Image of the second hexagram
Water pooled
on the earth: joining.
The early kings founded
the myriad nations,
and kept close ties
with all the leaders.
on the earth: joining.
The early kings founded
the myriad nations,
and kept close ties
with all the leaders.
