Sign up   Contact
Free IChing Readings
home
login
quotes
hexagrams
read by questions
about the site
about the book
I-Ching Blog
sign up
I-Ching Online
On December 10, 2010 at 6:20 PM 

what should first piece be about?

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

41 Decrease

The Statement of the second hexagram

Decrease. Have confidence.

Great fortune. No fault

if one can be upright.

Gain by having a place to go.

How should one act?

Two square bamboo baskets

can be used in offering.
 
 

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

Lake below mountain:
decrease. The noble one
halts his anger
and curbs his desires.