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On February 7, 2018 at 1:57 PM 

Why the suspension?

and received a response of:
old yang
yin
old yin
old yin
yang
old yin
 

4 Youth

The Statement of the first hexagram

A youth must be steadfast.

I do not seek the naive youth.

The naive youth seeks me.

At the first divination, I explain,

but after three times, it is irritating.

Annoyed, I explain no further.

Nevertheless, a gainful omen.

The changing lines

The first line:
While penalties are useful to illuminate

the naive youth, take off the fetters-

to go too far leads to sorrow.
The third line:
It is useless to marry a woman

who loses herself when she sees

a golden man.
The fourth line:
A distressed and naive youth:

sorrow.
The sixth line:
Nothing is gained by beating a youth.

That is the way to treat raiders.

We gain by preventing misdeeds.
yin
yin
yang
yang
yang
yang
 

34 Great Vigor

The Statement of the second hexagram

Great vigor, gainful purity.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

A spring gushes
below a mountain:
the naive youth.
The noble one nourishes virtue
with determination.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Thunder in heaven above:
great vigor. The noble one
is never without reverence
and does not fail
in conduct.