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On June 28, 2011 at 3:36 AM
Why he took t att now, an not h li be?
and received a response of:
37 Family
The Statement of the first hexagram
A family benefits
from the women's purity.
from the women's purity.
The changing lines
The first line:
A family within its own walls.
Regrets vanish.
A family within its own walls.
Regrets vanish.
The second line:
No place to follow. Gifts are within.
Pure fortune.
No place to follow. Gifts are within.
Pure fortune.
The third line:
The family scolds. Remorse from severity
is gainful. Women and children
laughing too much leads to loss.
The family scolds. Remorse from severity
is gainful. Women and children
laughing too much leads to loss.
The fifth line:
The king withdraws to his family.
With no other help: fortune.
The king withdraws to his family.
With no other help: fortune.
4 Youth
The Statement of the second hexagram
A youth must be steadfast.
I do not seek the naive youth.
The naive youth seeks me.
At the first divination, I explain,
but after three times, it is irritating.
Annoyed, I explain no further.
Nevertheless, a gainful omen.
I do not seek the naive youth.
The naive youth seeks me.
At the first divination, I explain,
but after three times, it is irritating.
Annoyed, I explain no further.
Nevertheless, a gainful omen.
The Image of the first 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.
The Image of the second hexagram
A spring gushes
below a mountain:
the naive youth.
The noble one nourishes virtue
with determination.
below a mountain:
the naive youth.
The noble one nourishes virtue
with determination.
