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On August 14, 2011 at 2:38 AM
Why the withdrawal?
and received a response of:
30 Brilliance
The Statement of the first hexagram
Brilliance. Gainful purity.
Continue.
Tame the bull: fortune.
Continue.
Tame the bull: fortune.
The changing lines
The first line:
Walk cautiously
with correct reverence.
No fault.
Walk cautiously
with correct reverence.
No fault.
The second line:
Yellow brilliance.
Great fortune.
Yellow brilliance.
Great fortune.
The fourth line:
This abrupt arrival is like a blaze
that flares and dies, then is forgotten.
This abrupt arrival is like a blaze
that flares and dies, then is forgotten.
The fifth line:
Weeping and running tears
as if in mourning and grief:
fortunate.
Weeping and running tears
as if in mourning and grief:
fortunate.
The sixth line:
The king goes to battle.
Admirably, he humbles the chieftains
and captures vile rebels. No fault.
The king goes to battle.
Admirably, he humbles the chieftains
and captures vile rebels. No fault.
48 Well
The Statement of the second hexagram
Well. A city may change,
but the well does not.
It does not lose, it does not gain.
In spite of all who come and go from a well,
it remains a well.
But if the rope cannot reach,
or if the well's vase is upended:_
misfortune.
but the well does not.
It does not lose, it does not gain.
In spite of all who come and go from a well,
it remains a well.
But if the rope cannot reach,
or if the well's vase is upended:_
misfortune.
The Image of the first hexagram
Brightness doubled:
brilliance. The great person
spreads his brilliance
to illuminate
all four directions.
brilliance. The great person
spreads his brilliance
to illuminate
all four directions.
The Image of the second hexagram
Wood above water: well.
The noble one encourages
the people and lends them
assistance.
The noble one encourages
the people and lends them
assistance.
