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On October 17, 2017 at 9:30 AM
Why do these people keep coming back?
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 first line:
Crowing delight.
Misfortune.
Crowing delight.
Misfortune.
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.
3 Sprouting
The Statement of the second hexagram
Sprouting begins everywhere,
abundant and pure.
No need to go far:
gain by naming allies.
abundant and pure.
No need to go far:
gain by naming allies.
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
Clouds and thunder: sprouting. The noble one
considers the principles.
considers the principles.
