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On August 26, 2021 at 2:51 PM
What is this awful mood about?
and received a response of:
22 Adornment
The Statement of the first hexagram
Adornment. Continue.
Slight gain in having a place to go.
Slight gain in having a place to go.
The changing lines
The second line:
Adorning is his beard.
Adorning is his beard.
The third line:
Adornment like bright sparkling,
everlasting and upright.
Fortune.
Adornment like bright sparkling,
everlasting and upright.
Fortune.
The fifth line:
Light adorns hillside gardens:
A betrothal bundle
may be small and meager,
but in the end, fortune.
Light adorns hillside gardens:
A betrothal bundle
may be small and meager,
but in the end, fortune.
The sixth line:
Plain adornment
is without fault.
Plain adornment
is without fault.
60 Regulation
The Statement of the second hexagram
Regulation. Be pervasive.
One cannot be morally pure
through suffering and trial.
One cannot be morally pure
through suffering and trial.
The Image of the first 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.
The Image of the second hexagram
Water above the lake:
regulation. The noble one
regulates number and
measure and discusses
virtuous conduct.
regulation. The noble one
regulates number and
measure and discusses
virtuous conduct.
