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On December 17, 2010 at 11:37 PM
any other advice in this situation?
and received a response of:
47 Distress
The Statement of the first hexagram
Distress. Continue.
For a pure and great person: fortune.
No fault. What is said is not trusted.
For a pure and great person: fortune.
No fault. What is said is not trusted.
The changing lines
The first line:
Buttocks distressed by tree stumps.
Entering a dark ravine.
For three harvests, meeting no one.
Buttocks distressed by tree stumps.
Entering a dark ravine.
For three harvests, meeting no one.
The second line:
Distressed with wine and food.
Vermilion sashes come from all directions.
Gain by making offerings and worshipping.
Going: misfortune. No fault.
Distressed with wine and food.
Vermilion sashes come from all directions.
Gain by making offerings and worshipping.
Going: misfortune. No fault.
The third line:
Distressed by rock, seized in thistles.
Entering into his palace, not seeing his wife.
Misfortune.
Distressed by rock, seized in thistles.
Entering into his palace, not seeing his wife.
Misfortune.
The fourth line:
Progress is gradual.
Distressed in a metal car.
Regret will end.
Progress is gradual.
Distressed in a metal car.
Regret will end.
The sixth line:
Distressed by vines and creepers.
With anxious speech and acts, one repents.
Repent and go forward to fortune.
Distressed by vines and creepers.
With anxious speech and acts, one repents.
Repent and go forward to fortune.
37 Family
The Statement of the second hexagram
A family benefits
from the women's purity.
from the women's purity.
The Image of the first hexagram
A lake without water:
distress. The noble one
devotes her life
to fulfill her will.
distress. The noble one
devotes her life
to fulfill her will.
The Image of the second hexagram
Wind emerges from fire:
family.
The noble one has
substance in speech and
constancy in action.
family.
The noble one has
substance in speech and
constancy in action.
