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On March 6, 2024 at 6:30 AM
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56 Traveler
The Statement of the first hexagram
Traveler. Slight progress.
Be steadfast in travel: fortune.
Be steadfast in travel: fortune.
The changing lines
The first line:
A traveler, low and weak-voiced:
thus he summons calamity.
A traveler, low and weak-voiced:
thus he summons calamity.
The fourth line:
A traveler in a dwelling place
gets his wealth and ax.
My heart is unhappy.
A traveler in a dwelling place
gets his wealth and ax.
My heart is unhappy.
The sixth line:
A bird sets fire to its nest. A traveler
first laughs, afterward howls and weeps.
Loses an ox in barter. Misfortune.
A bird sets fire to its nest. A traveler
first laughs, afterward howls and weeps.
Loses an ox in barter. 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
Fire on the mountain:
traveler. The noble one is
clear-minded and cautious
in meting out punishment
and yet does not delay trial.
traveler. The noble one is
clear-minded and cautious
in meting out punishment
and yet does not delay trial.
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.
