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On June 5, 2011 at 3:44 AM
The best could be somethin plain?
and received a response of:
16 Delight
The Statement of the first hexagram
What delight!
Gain by naming allies.
Move armies.
Gain by naming allies.
Move armies.
The changing lines
The second line:
Upright like a rock in character.
In less than a day
one shows that purity.
Fortune.
Upright like a rock in character.
In less than a day
one shows that purity.
Fortune.
The third line:
Wide-eyed delight is regrettable.
If you are late
you will have regrets.
Wide-eyed delight is regrettable.
If you are late
you will have regrets.
The fourth line:
Through delight, the great attains.
Do not doubt it! Friends gather
like hair in a clasp.
Through delight, the great attains.
Do not doubt it! Friends gather
like hair in a clasp.
The fifth line:
Firm illness persists,
but there is no death.
Firm illness persists,
but there is no death.
The sixth line:
Dark delight succeeds.
Have a change of mind
and there will be no fault.
Dark delight succeeds.
Have a change of mind
and there will be no fault.
57 Wind
The Statement of the second hexagram
Wind. Slight progress.
Gain by having a place to go.
Gain by seeing the great person.
Gain by having a place to go.
Gain by seeing the great person.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder explodes,
shaking the earth: delight.
The early kings made music,
glorifying virtue as the
highest offering to God,
and so they were worthy
of their ancestors.
shaking the earth: delight.
The early kings made music,
glorifying virtue as the
highest offering to God,
and so they were worthy
of their ancestors.
The Image of the second hexagram
Wind following wind:
wind. The noble one gives
further instructions
and takes action.
wind. The noble one gives
further instructions
and takes action.
