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On May 24, 2010 at 6:13 PM
madmur1 asked:
wciei i turn my back to the open door, complete my work lovingly and faithfully, present it at completion with humility and respect, and prepare the way for its publication?
and received a response of:
38 Estrangement
The Statement of the first hexagram
Estrangement.
In small matters: fortune.
In small matters: fortune.
The changing lines
The second line:
Meeting one's master in the lane.
No fault.
Meeting one's master in the lane.
No fault.
The third line:
Seeing the wagon dragged back, his oxen
taken, his men's hair and noses cut off.
Not a beginning, but an ending.
Seeing the wagon dragged back, his oxen
taken, his men's hair and noses cut off.
Not a beginning, but an ending.
The fifth line:
Remorse vanishes.
One's kinsmen bite the skin.
Going forward: what error?
Remorse vanishes.
One's kinsmen bite the skin.
Going forward: what error?
13 Kindred
The Statement of the second hexagram
The kindred in the wilderness.
Continue.
Advance across the great river.
Gain by a wise one's purity.
Continue.
Advance across the great river.
Gain by a wise one's purity.
The Image of the first hexagram
Fire above, lake below:
estrangement. The noble
one works with others,
but remains an individual.
estrangement. The noble
one works with others,
but remains an individual.
The Image of the second hexagram
Fire rises into heaven:
kindred. The noble one
groups and sorts
all that must be done.
kindred. The noble one
groups and sorts
all that must be done.
