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    On May 24, 2010 at  9:32 AM 
      madmur1 asked:   
  
  
    
how best to complete number 1a gracefully?
  
  
    and received a response of:
  
  
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    51 Thunder
  
  
    
      
      The Statement of the first hexagram
    
    
      Thunder everywhere. 
Thunder comes frighteningly. 
People laugh and exclaim. 
Thunder terrifies for one hundred miles, 
but do not lose the ladle 
of sacrificial wine.
    
   
  
    The changing lines
    
        
    The third line:
    Thunder: awake, awake! 
Shaking without injury.  
     
   
 
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    55 Plentiful
  
  
    The Statement of the second hexagram
  
  
   Plentiful. Progress. 
The great king arrives. Do not grieve. 
All is right as the midday sun.
  
   
 
     
    
        
    The Image of the first hexagram
  
  
    Continuous thunder 
on thunder. 
The noble one examines 
his morals 
in fear and dread.  
      
      
      
      
     
    
        
    The Image of the second hexagram
  
  
    Thunder and lightning 
come fully: plentiful. 
The wise one decides 
lawsuits and applies 
punishments.