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On July 26, 2010 at 3:37 AM
graham asked:
what can i expect from my venture with my brother?
and received a response of:
34 Great Vigor
The Statement of the first hexagram
Great vigor, gainful purity.
The changing lines
The first line:
Vigor in the toes:
advancing brings certain misfortune.
Uprightness brings fortune.
Vigor in the toes:
advancing brings certain misfortune.
Uprightness brings fortune.
The fourth line:
Pure fortune. Regrets vanish.
The hedge breaks: entanglement is gone.
Strong as a great car's axle blocks.
Pure fortune. Regrets vanish.
The hedge breaks: entanglement is gone.
Strong as a great car's axle blocks.
The fifth line:
The ram is lost easily.
No remorse.
The ram is lost easily.
No remorse.
48 Well
The Statement of the second hexagram
Well. A city may change,
but the well does not.
It does not lose, it does not gain.
In spite of all who come and go from a well,
it remains a well.
But if the rope cannot reach,
or if the well's vase is upended:_
misfortune.
but the well does not.
It does not lose, it does not gain.
In spite of all who come and go from a well,
it remains a well.
But if the rope cannot reach,
or if the well's vase is upended:_
misfortune.
The Image of the first 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.
The Image of the second hexagram
Wood above water: well.
The noble one encourages
the people and lends them
assistance.
The noble one encourages
the people and lends them
assistance.
