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On August 20, 2021 at 8:26 PM
Are my thanks to you adequit?
and received a response of:
27 Nourishing
The Statement of the first hexagram
Nourishing. Pure fortune.
Watch the jaws
and what one seeks to fill one's mouth.
Watch the jaws
and what one seeks to fill one's mouth.
The changing lines
The second line:
With jerking jaws, you disobey
the right ways. Find nourishment
in the nearby hills
instead of journeying far away.
With jerking jaws, you disobey
the right ways. Find nourishment
in the nearby hills
instead of journeying far away.
The fourth line:
Moving jaws are fortunate.
Like a glaring tiger, passion runs full,
but there is no fault.
Moving jaws are fortunate.
Like a glaring tiger, passion runs full,
but there is no fault.
The fifth line:
Disobeying the right ways:
dwelling instead in virtue brings fortune.
Do not advance across the great river.
Disobeying the right ways:
dwelling instead in virtue brings fortune.
Do not advance across the great river.
The sixth line:
Through nourishment
in severity comes fortune.
Advance across the great river.
Through nourishment
in severity comes fortune.
Advance across the great river.
58 Exchange
The Statement of the second hexagram
Exchange: progress and steadfast gain.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder below the mountain: nourishing.
The noble one is
careful in speech
and temperate
while eating and drinking.
The noble one is
careful in speech
and temperate
while eating and drinking.
The Image of the second hexagram
Joined lakes in exchange.
The noble one
investigates and explains
knowledge to friends.
The noble one
investigates and explains
knowledge to friends.
