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On May 14, 2010 at 10:02 PM
what merit is to be found in these circumstances?
and received a response of:
57 Wind
The Statement of the first hexagram
Wind. Slight progress.
Gain by having a place to go.
Gain by seeing the great person.
Gain by having a place to go.
Gain by seeing the great person.
The changing lines
The first line:
Advance and retreat benefit
a warrior's firmness.
Advance and retreat benefit
a warrior's firmness.
The fifth line:
Firm fortune. Regrets vanish. Nothing but
gain. Without a beginning, there is an end.
Before the time of geng, three days.
After the time of geng, three days. Fortune.
Firm fortune. Regrets vanish. Nothing but
gain. Without a beginning, there is an end.
Before the time of geng, three days.
After the time of geng, three days. Fortune.
26 Great Restraint
The Statement of the second hexagram
Gain by being upright.
Not eating at home brings fortune.
Advance across the great river.
Not eating at home brings fortune.
Advance across the great river.
The Image of the first hexagram
Wind following wind:
wind. The noble one gives
further instructions
and takes action.
wind. The noble one gives
further instructions
and takes action.
The Image of the second 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.
mountain: great restraint.
The noble one
frequently studies
the words and prophesies
of the past, and thereby
nourishes virtue.
