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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:
yang
old yang
yin
yang
yang
old yin
 

57 Wind

The Statement of the first hexagram

Wind. Slight progress.
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.
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.
yang
yin
yin
yang
yang
yang
 

26 Great Restraint

The Statement of the second hexagram

Gain by being upright.
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.
 
 

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.