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    On May  6, 2010 at  3:17 PM 
      madmur1 asked:   
  
  
    
wciei i seek to reconnect on feast day w/ offerings?
  
  
    and received a response of:
  
  
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    26 Great Restraint
  
  
    
      
      The Statement of the first hexagram
    
    
      Gain by being upright. 
Not eating at home brings fortune. 
Advance across the great river.
    
   
  
    The changing lines
    
        
    The fifth line:
    A gelded hog's teeth. 
Favorable.  
     
   
 
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    9 Smallness Tames
  
  
    The Statement of the second hexagram
  
  
   Smallness tames. Persevere. 
Dense clouds, no rain 
at my western border.
  
   
 
     
    
        
    The Image of the first hexagram
  
  
    Heaven in the center of a 
mountain: great restraint. 
The noble one 
frequently studies 
the words and prophesies 
of the past, and thereby 
nourishes virtue.  
      
      
      
      
     
    
        
    The Image of the second hexagram
  
  
    Wind moving high 
in heaven: smallness tames. 
The noble one acts
with restraint, culture, 
and morals.