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On January 21, 2011 at 5:07 AM
why has he wanted to approach me?
and received a response of:
10 Walking
The Statement of the first hexagram
Walking on a tiger's tail:
it does not bite.
Continue.
it does not bite.
Continue.
The changing lines
The first line:
Walking forward in austerity
is without blame.
Walking forward in austerity
is without blame.
The second line:
Walking the calm and level Way.
The recluse is pure. Fortune.
Walking the calm and level Way.
The recluse is pure. Fortune.
The third line:
The one-eyed can see. The lame can walk.
But they walk on the tiger's tail
and are bitten. Misfortune
when a warrior shams as a prince.
The one-eyed can see. The lame can walk.
But they walk on the tiger's tail
and are bitten. Misfortune
when a warrior shams as a prince.
The fourth line:
Walking on the tiger's tail:
fright and panic!
In the end: fortune.
Walking on the tiger's tail:
fright and panic!
In the end: fortune.
The fifth line:
Decisive walking,
pure and stern.
Decisive walking,
pure and stern.
52 Stilling
The Statement of the second hexagram
One stills one's back
and does not move one's body.
There is movement in one's courtyard,
but one does not see one's people.
No fault.
and does not move one's body.
There is movement in one's courtyard,
but one does not see one's people.
No fault.
The Image of the first hexagram
Heaven above, lake below:
walking. The noble one
distinguishes high and low
to fix the people's purpose.
walking. The noble one
distinguishes high and low
to fix the people's purpose.
The Image of the second hexagram
Doubled mountains:
stillness.
The noble one
does not consider matters
beyond his position.
stillness.
The noble one
does not consider matters
beyond his position.
