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On January 19, 2018 at 1:53 AM
what shall i do about the rent?
and received a response of:
53 Gradually
The Statement of the first hexagram
A woman marries: fortune.
Gainful purity.
Gainful purity.
The changing lines
The first line:
Wild swans gradually reach the stream bank.
One's children endangered. There is talk.
No fault.
Wild swans gradually reach the stream bank.
One's children endangered. There is talk.
No fault.
The second line:
Wild swans gradually reach the boulder.
Drinking and eating in bliss. Fortune.
Wild swans gradually reach the boulder.
Drinking and eating in bliss. Fortune.
The third line:
Wild swans gradually reach the shore.
A man journeys but does not return. A wife,
pregnant; does not give birth. Misfortune.
Gain by guarding against raiders.
Wild swans gradually reach the shore.
A man journeys but does not return. A wife,
pregnant; does not give birth. Misfortune.
Gain by guarding against raiders.
The sixth line:
Wild swans gradually reach a plateau.
Their feathers can be used for the rites.
Fortune.
Wild swans gradually reach a plateau.
Their feathers can be used for the rites.
Fortune.
60 Regulation
The Statement of the second hexagram
Regulation. Be pervasive.
One cannot be morally pure
through suffering and trial.
One cannot be morally pure
through suffering and trial.
The Image of the first hexagram
Wood on the mountain:
gradually.
The noble one dwells
in high moral character
and reforms
popular customs.
gradually.
The noble one dwells
in high moral character
and reforms
popular customs.
The Image of the second hexagram
Water above the lake:
regulation. The noble one
regulates number and
measure and discusses
virtuous conduct.
regulation. The noble one
regulates number and
measure and discusses
virtuous conduct.
