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On November 12, 2010 at 9:30 PM  madmur1 asked:

wciei i focus on being entirely comfortable with the process of creating this story?

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

26 Great Restraint

The Statement of the first hexagram

Gain by being upright.
Not eating at home brings fortune.
Advance across the great river.

The changing lines

The first line:
There is harsh danger.
Gain ends.
The third line:
A good horse chases, but gain is difficult.
Be upright. Prepare the chariots daily
and be on guard.
Gain by having a place to go.
The fifth line:
A gelded hog's teeth.
Favorable.
yang
yang
yin
yin
yang
yin
 

59 Spreading

The Statement of the second hexagram

Spreading.

The king draws near to the temple.

Advance across the great river.

Gainful purity.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Heaven in the center of a
mountain: great restraint.
The noble one
frequently studies
the words and prophesies
of the past, and thereby
nourishes virtue.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Wind moving above water:
spreading.
The ancient kings made
sacrificial offerings to God
and established temples.