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    On May  4, 2010 at  7:06 AM 
  
  
    
How can I maintain integrity and win respect in these darkened circumstances?
  
  
    and received a response of:
  
  
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    47 Distress
  
  
    
      
      The Statement of the first hexagram
    
    
      Distress. Continue. 
For a pure and great person: fortune. 
No fault. What is said is not trusted.
    
   
  
    The changing lines
    
        
    The second line:
    Distressed with wine and food. 
Vermilion sashes come from all directions. 
Gain by making offerings and worshipping. 
Going: misfortune. No fault.  
     
   
 
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    45 Collecting
  
  
    The Statement of the second hexagram
  
  
   The king draws near to the temple:
gain by seeing a great person. 
Make an offering with purity, 
using great sacrificial beasts. Fortune. 
Gain by having a place to go.
  
   
 
     
    
        
    The Image of the first hexagram
  
  
    A lake without water: 
distress. The noble one 
devotes her life 
to fulfill her will.  
      
      
      
      
     
    
        
    The Image of the second hexagram
  
  
    Lake above the earth. 
Collecting. The noble one 
collects the tools of war 
to guard against 
unforeseen danger.