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On September 27, 2023 at 4:57 AM
A handwritten book is a book?
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 fourth line:
Running back and forth:
no wealth from your neighbors.
But do not give up trust.
Running back and forth:
no wealth from your neighbors.
But do not give up trust.
The fifth line:
Emperor Yi gives his daughter in marriage.
Blessing and fortune.
Emperor Yi gives his daughter in marriage.
Blessing and fortune.
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.
44 Copulating
The Statement of the second hexagram
Copulating: the woman is powerful.
Do not marry such a woman.
Do not marry such a woman.
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
Wind under heaven:
copulating.
The sovereign
issues commands
to the four quarters.
copulating.
The sovereign
issues commands
to the four quarters.
