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On February 10, 2011 at 2:33 PM
why have there been power struggles?
and received a response of:
30 Brilliance
The Statement of the first hexagram
Brilliance. Gainful purity.
Continue.
Tame the bull: fortune.
Continue.
Tame the bull: fortune.
The changing lines
The fourth line:
This abrupt arrival is like a blaze
that flares and dies, then is forgotten.
This abrupt arrival is like a blaze
that flares and dies, then is forgotten.
The sixth line:
The king goes to battle.
Admirably, he humbles the chieftains
and captures vile rebels. No fault.
The king goes to battle.
Admirably, he humbles the chieftains
and captures vile rebels. No fault.
36 Smothered Light
The Statement of the second hexagram
Smothered light.
Gain is difficult: persist.
Gain is difficult: persist.
The Image of the first hexagram
Brightness doubled:
brilliance. The great person
spreads his brilliance
to illuminate
all four directions.
brilliance. The great person
spreads his brilliance
to illuminate
all four directions.
The Image of the second hexagram
Brilliance
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.
