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On December 26, 2011 at 9:09 PM
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34 Great Vigor
The Statement of the first hexagram
Great vigor, gainful purity.
The changing lines
The first line:
Vigor in the toes:
advancing brings certain misfortune.
Uprightness brings fortune.
Vigor in the toes:
advancing brings certain misfortune.
Uprightness brings fortune.
The second line:
Persist.
Fortune.
Persist.
Fortune.
The third line:
The inferior exert strength, the superior
exert not. Persist in harsh times.
A ram butts a hedge, entangling his horns.
The inferior exert strength, the superior
exert not. Persist in harsh times.
A ram butts a hedge, entangling his horns.
The fifth line:
The ram is lost easily.
No remorse.
The ram is lost easily.
No remorse.
The sixth line:
A ram butts the hedge and cannot pull out
or escape. No place is gainful.
First difficulty, then fortune.
A ram butts the hedge and cannot pull out
or escape. No place is gainful.
First difficulty, then fortune.
12 Clogging
The Statement of the second hexagram
Clogging by wicked people.
Nothing to be gained,
even from a steadfast prince.
The great goes, the vile comes.
Nothing to be gained,
even from a steadfast prince.
The great goes, the vile comes.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder in heaven above:
great vigor. The noble one
is never without reverence
and does not fail
in conduct.
great vigor. The noble one
is never without reverence
and does not fail
in conduct.
The Image of the second hexagram
Heaven and earth
separate: clogging.
The noble one acts
with self-restraint
in the face
of punishing hardship,
and avoids glory or riches.
separate: clogging.
The noble one acts
with self-restraint
in the face
of punishing hardship,
and avoids glory or riches.
