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On November 29, 2010 at 2:48 AM 

IMMM?

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

36 Smothered Light

The Statement of the first hexagram

Smothered light.

Gain is difficult: persist.

The changing lines

The sixth line:
Not a bright night.

First rise into the sky,

then plunge into the earth.
yang
yin
yin
yang
yin
yang
 

22 Adornment

The Statement of the second hexagram

Adornment. Continue.
Slight gain in having a place to go.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Brilliance
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Fire at the foot
of a mountain: adornment.
The noble one thereby
governs with clarity, and
does not dare
to decide lawsuits lightly.