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On July 13, 2021 at 5:32 PM
What will happen, if I use the car to got to the library on Thursday?
and received a response of:
4 Youth
The Statement of the first hexagram
A youth must be steadfast.
I do not seek the naive youth.
The naive youth seeks me.
At the first divination, I explain,
but after three times, it is irritating.
Annoyed, I explain no further.
Nevertheless, a gainful omen.
I do not seek the naive youth.
The naive youth seeks me.
At the first divination, I explain,
but after three times, it is irritating.
Annoyed, I explain no further.
Nevertheless, a gainful omen.
The changing lines
The first line:
While penalties are useful to illuminate
the naive youth, take off the fetters-
to go too far leads to sorrow.
While penalties are useful to illuminate
the naive youth, take off the fetters-
to go too far leads to sorrow.
The second line:
To have the joy of holding your own child,
take a wife. It will lead to fortune:
your children will lead the family.
To have the joy of holding your own child,
take a wife. It will lead to fortune:
your children will lead the family.
The third line:
It is useless to marry a woman
who loses herself when she sees
a golden man.
It is useless to marry a woman
who loses herself when she sees
a golden man.
22 Adornment
The Statement of the second hexagram
Adornment. Continue.
Slight gain in having a place to go.
Slight gain in having a place to go.
The Image of the first hexagram
A spring gushes
below a mountain:
the naive youth.
The noble one nourishes virtue
with determination.
below a mountain:
the naive youth.
The noble one nourishes virtue
with determination.
The Image of the second hexagram
Fire at the foot
of a mountain: adornment.
The noble one thereby
governs with clarity, and
does not dare
to decide lawsuits lightly.
of a mountain: adornment.
The noble one thereby
governs with clarity, and
does not dare
to decide lawsuits lightly.
