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On November 15, 2018 at 5:23 AM
shall i stay?
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.
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 first line:
Thunder brings fright and terror.
Afterward, laughter and talk: ha ha.
Fortune.
Thunder brings fright and terror.
Afterward, laughter and talk: ha ha.
Fortune.
The second line:
Thunder comes harshly.
Countless treasures lost.
Climb up nine mounds. Do not pursue.
In seven days: recovery.
Thunder comes harshly.
Countless treasures lost.
Climb up nine mounds. Do not pursue.
In seven days: recovery.
40 Releasing
The Statement of the second hexagram
Gain in the west and south.
No cause to move forward-
then comes return, and fortune.
To have a place to go: dawn fortune.
No cause to move forward-
then comes return, and fortune.
To have a place to go: dawn fortune.
The Image of the first 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.
The Image of the second hexagram
Thunder and rain act:
releasing.
The noble one
pardons errors
and forgives offenses.
releasing.
The noble one
pardons errors
and forgives offenses.
