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On October 19, 2018 at 2:24 PM
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3 Sprouting
The Statement of the first hexagram
Sprouting begins everywhere,
abundant and pure.
No need to go far:
gain by naming allies.
abundant and pure.
No need to go far:
gain by naming allies.
The changing lines
The second line:
How like the difficulty of sprouting!
Rushing like a team of horses: it is not a raider
who woos, yet the chaste girl refuses.
She waits ten years for betrothal.
How like the difficulty of sprouting!
Rushing like a team of horses: it is not a raider
who woos, yet the chaste girl refuses.
She waits ten years for betrothal.
The third line:
Although there are deer, there is no forester.
Thinking to enter the forest's center,
the noble one halts. To go forward: sorrow.
Although there are deer, there is no forester.
Thinking to enter the forest's center,
the noble one halts. To go forward: sorrow.
The fourth line:
Riding a team of horses
to seek marriage. Fortunate.
Nothing but gain.
Riding a team of horses
to seek marriage. Fortunate.
Nothing but gain.
The fifth line:
Sprouting fresh and thick:
For the small, a sign of fortune.
For the great, a sign of misfortune.
Sprouting fresh and thick:
For the small, a sign of fortune.
For the great, a sign of misfortune.
34 Great Vigor
The Statement of the second hexagram
Great vigor, gainful purity.
The Image of the first hexagram
Clouds and thunder: sprouting. The noble one
considers the principles.
considers the principles.
The Image of the second hexagram
Thunder in heaven above:
great vigor. The noble one
is never without reverence
and does not fail
in conduct.
great vigor. The noble one
is never without reverence
and does not fail
in conduct.
