Read a record of the questions asked of I Ching, read the response, and read the comments of others
  
    On December 17, 2010 at 11:26 PM 
  
  
    
so now that i have cut them off what will be the outcome for the group as a whole?
  
  
    and received a response of:
  
  
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    20 Beholding
  
  
    
      
      The Statement of the first hexagram
    
    
      Behold! The hands have been washed, 
but the offering has not yet been made. 
Be sincere and dignified in appearance.
    
   
  
    The changing lines
    
        
    The first line:
    Childish beholding is not wrong 
for a common person, but it is wrong
for a superior person.  
  
    The third line:
    Beholding my life: 
advance or retreat?  
  
    The fourth line:
    Beholding our nation's glory:
make good use 
of an audience with the king.  
     
   
 
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    13 Kindred
  
  
    The Statement of the second hexagram
  
  
   The kindred in the wilderness. 
Continue. 
Advance across the great river. 
Gain by a wise one's purity.
  
   
 
     
    
        
    The Image of the first hexagram
  
  
    The wind moving above 
the earth: beholding. 
The ancient kings 
inspected the provinces 
and territories to establish 
the right teachings.  
      
      
      
      
     
    
        
    The Image of the second hexagram
  
  
    Fire rises into heaven: 
kindred. The noble one 
groups and sorts 
all that must be done.