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On February 9, 2011 at 7:44 PM
How can we make living together manifest?
and received a response of:
38 Estrangement
The Statement of the first hexagram
Estrangement.
In small matters: fortune.
In small matters: fortune.
The changing lines
The first line:
Remorse vanishes. Do not search:
a lost horse returns by itself.
When seeing the wicked, make no mistakes.
Remorse vanishes. Do not search:
a lost horse returns by itself.
When seeing the wicked, make no mistakes.
The second line:
Meeting one's master in the lane.
No fault.
Meeting one's master in the lane.
No fault.
The fourth line:
Estranged, one meets the main person.
A trustworthy exchange.
Severity is without fault.
Estranged, one meets the main person.
A trustworthy exchange.
Severity is without fault.
The sixth line:
Strange sights: a pig shouldering mud,
a cartload of ghosts. One first draws a bow,
then lowers it. No raider- a groom. Go.
Meet the rain, and with it, fortune.
Strange sights: a pig shouldering mud,
a cartload of ghosts. One first draws a bow,
then lowers it. No raider- a groom. Go.
Meet the rain, and with it, fortune.
2 Earth
The Statement of the second hexagram
Earth: maker, everywhere.
Gain from a mare's purity.
The noble one wanting to go far
is first confused, but later finds guidance.
Gain friends in the west and south,
Lose friends in the east and north.
Peace: this is a sign of fortune.
Gain from a mare's purity.
The noble one wanting to go far
is first confused, but later finds guidance.
Gain friends in the west and south,
Lose friends in the east and north.
Peace: this is a sign of fortune.
The Image of the first hexagram
Fire above, lake below:
estrangement. The noble
one works with others,
but remains an individual.
estrangement. The noble
one works with others,
but remains an individual.
The Image of the second hexagram
Ground as the power
of earth:
the noble one generously
supports all things.
of earth:
the noble one generously
supports all things.
