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On June 1, 2011 at 3:43 AM
What is the bst way to act in my informal relationship with mel?
and received a response of:
40 Releasing
The Statement of the first hexagram
Gain in the west and south.
No cause to move forward-
then comes return, and fortune.
To have a place to go: dawn fortune.
No cause to move forward-
then comes return, and fortune.
To have a place to go: dawn fortune.
The changing lines
The second line:
Capturing three foxes in the field,
receiving yellow arrows. Pure fortune.
Capturing three foxes in the field,
receiving yellow arrows. Pure fortune.
The fourth line:
Releasing the big toe.
Friends arrive, and with them, confidence.
Releasing the big toe.
Friends arrive, and with them, confidence.
The sixth line:
The duke uses this chance to shoot a hawk
from the top of the ramparts.
Nothing but gain in capturing.
The duke uses this chance to shoot a hawk
from the top of the ramparts.
Nothing but gain in capturing.
23 Splitting
The Statement of the second hexagram
Splitting; no gain
in having a place to go.
in having a place to go.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder and rain act:
releasing.
The noble one
pardons errors
and forgives offenses.
releasing.
The noble one
pardons errors
and forgives offenses.
The Image of the second hexagram
The mountain resting on
the earth: splitting.
When the high
are generous
to those below,
all dwell in peace.
the earth: splitting.
When the high
are generous
to those below,
all dwell in peace.
