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On December 23, 2013 at 5:02 AM
bodhizijazo asked:
How wind transports a hill, conceiving fire?
and received a response of:
59 Spreading
The Statement of the first hexagram
Spreading.
The king draws near to the temple.
Advance across the great river.
Gainful purity.
The king draws near to the temple.
Advance across the great river.
Gainful purity.
The changing lines
The first line:
By the saving strength of a horse.
Fortune.
By the saving strength of a horse.
Fortune.
The second line:
Spreading and going directly toward
his platform. Regrets vanish.
Spreading and going directly toward
his platform. Regrets vanish.
The third line:
Spreading his twisting body.
No regrets.
Spreading his twisting body.
No regrets.
The fourth line:
Spreading his flock. Great fortune.
Expanding and there are mounds.
No common person can understand this.
Spreading his flock. Great fortune.
Expanding and there are mounds.
No common person can understand this.
The fifth line:
Spreading sweat: his great command.
Expanding royal dwellings. No fault.
Spreading sweat: his great command.
Expanding royal dwellings. No fault.
30 Brilliance
The Statement of the second hexagram
Brilliance. Gainful purity.
Continue.
Tame the bull: fortune.
Continue.
Tame the bull: fortune.
The Image of the first hexagram
Wind moving above water:
spreading.
The ancient kings made
sacrificial offerings to God
and established temples.
spreading.
The ancient kings made
sacrificial offerings to God
and established temples.
The Image of the second hexagram
Brightness doubled:
brilliance. The great person
spreads his brilliance
to illuminate
all four directions.
brilliance. The great person
spreads his brilliance
to illuminate
all four directions.
