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    On May 21, 2010 at  6:51 PM 
      madmur1 asked:   
  
  
    
wew reconnecting w/ aer have on the completion of number 1a?
  
  
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    24 Returning
  
  
    
      
      The Statement of the first hexagram
    
    
      Returning. Continue. 
In coming and going, 
there is neither sickness nor distress.
Companions come without fault. 
Returning is its Tao. 
In seven days, returning comes. 
Gain by having a place to go.
    
   
  
    The changing lines
    
        
    The second line:
    Resting, then returning: 
fortunate.  
  
    The fifth line:
    Honest returning:
no fault.  
     
   
 
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    60 Regulation
  
  
    The Statement of the second hexagram
  
  
   Regulation. Be pervasive. 
One cannot be morally pure
through suffering and trial.
  
   
 
     
    
        
    The Image of the first hexagram
  
  
    Thunder in the center of 
the earth: returning. 
The ancient kings 
closed the borders 
during the solstices. 
Traveling merchants 
did not journey. Sovereigns 
did not tour the provinces.  
      
      
      
      
     
    
        
    The Image of the second hexagram
  
  
    Water above the lake: 
regulation. The noble one
regulates number and 
measure and discusses 
virtuous conduct.