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On February 18, 2018 at 8:12 PM
Ssssss?
and received a response of:
27 Nourishing
The Statement of the first hexagram
Nourishing. Pure fortune.
Watch the jaws
and what one seeks to fill one's mouth.
Watch the jaws
and what one seeks to fill one's mouth.
The changing lines
The second line:
With jerking jaws, you disobey
the right ways. Find nourishment
in the nearby hills
instead of journeying far away.
With jerking jaws, you disobey
the right ways. Find nourishment
in the nearby hills
instead of journeying far away.
The third line:
Jaws shake in opposition. Persistence
will bring misfortune. For ten years,
all will be useless and no place
will bring gain.
Jaws shake in opposition. Persistence
will bring misfortune. For ten years,
all will be useless and no place
will bring gain.
The fourth line:
Moving jaws are fortunate.
Like a glaring tiger, passion runs full,
but there is no fault.
Moving jaws are fortunate.
Like a glaring tiger, passion runs full,
but there is no fault.
14 Great Holdings
The Statement of the second hexagram
Great hold_ings:
supreme
every_where.
supreme
every_where.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder below the mountain: nourishing.
The noble one is
careful in speech
and temperate
while eating and drinking.
The noble one is
careful in speech
and temperate
while eating and drinking.
The Image of the second hexagram
Fire in heaven:
great holdings.
The noble one
curbs evil and fosters good,
and is favored
with heaven's blessings
and commands.
great holdings.
The noble one
curbs evil and fosters good,
and is favored
with heaven's blessings
and commands.
