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On October 11, 2018 at 11:32 PM
Hhggdd?
and received a response of:
42 Increase
The Statement of the first hexagram
Increase. Gain by having a place to go.
Advance across the great river.
Advance across the great river.
The changing lines
The fourth line:
There is a middle path. Alert the duke
to follow. Gain by working for the sake
of moving the nation.
There is a middle path. Alert the duke
to follow. Gain by working for the sake
of moving the nation.
The fifth line:
Have confidence in a kind heart.
Unquestioned great fortune.
Have trust in the kindness of my conduct.
Have confidence in a kind heart.
Unquestioned great fortune.
Have trust in the kindness of my conduct.
The sixth line:
No increase when someone attacks.
Setting the heart without constancy:
misfortune.
No increase when someone attacks.
Setting the heart without constancy:
misfortune.
51 Thunder
The Statement of the second 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.
Thunder comes frighteningly.
People laugh and exclaim.
Thunder terrifies for one hundred miles,
but do not lose the ladle
of sacrificial wine.
The Image of the first hexagram
Wind and thunder:
increase. The noble one
sees perfection
and shifts to fit its pattern,
and corrects his own faults.
increase. The noble one
sees perfection
and shifts to fit its pattern,
and corrects his own faults.
The Image of the second hexagram
Continuous thunder
on thunder.
The noble one examines
his morals
in fear and dread.
on thunder.
The noble one examines
his morals
in fear and dread.
