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On April 23, 2022 at 10:51 PM
One of the most skilled calligraphers?
and received a response of:
42 Increase
The Statement of the first hexagram
Increase. Gain by having a place to go.
Advance across the great river.
Advance across the great river.
The changing lines
The third line:
Increase by using unfortunate affairs.
No fault. Have trust in the middle path.
Inform the duke using a jade tablet.
Increase by using unfortunate affairs.
No fault. Have trust in the middle path.
Inform the duke using a jade tablet.
The fifth line:
Have confidence in a kind heart.
Unquestioned great fortune.
Have trust in the kindness of my conduct.
Have confidence in a kind heart.
Unquestioned great fortune.
Have trust in the kindness of my conduct.
The sixth line:
No increase when someone attacks.
Setting the heart without constancy:
misfortune.
No increase when someone attacks.
Setting the heart without constancy:
misfortune.
36 Smothered Light
The Statement of the second hexagram
Smothered light.
Gain is difficult: persist.
Gain is difficult: persist.
The Image of the first hexagram
Wind and thunder:
increase. The noble one
sees perfection
and shifts to fit its pattern,
and corrects his own faults.
increase. The noble one
sees perfection
and shifts to fit its pattern,
and corrects his own faults.
The Image of the second hexagram
Brilliance
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.
