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On September 1, 2021 at 5:30 AM
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51 Thunder
The Statement of the first hexagram
Thunder everywhere.
Thunder comes frighteningly.
People laugh and exclaim.
Thunder terrifies for one hundred miles,
but do not lose the ladle
of sacrificial wine.
Thunder comes frighteningly.
People laugh and exclaim.
Thunder terrifies for one hundred miles,
but do not lose the ladle
of sacrificial wine.
The changing lines
The first line:
Thunder brings fright and terror.
Afterward, laughter and talk: ha ha.
Fortune.
Thunder brings fright and terror.
Afterward, laughter and talk: ha ha.
Fortune.
The second line:
Thunder comes harshly.
Countless treasures lost.
Climb up nine mounds. Do not pursue.
In seven days: recovery.
Thunder comes harshly.
Countless treasures lost.
Climb up nine mounds. Do not pursue.
In seven days: recovery.
The fifth line:
Thunder approaches and arrives harshly.
What is numerous is not lost.
There is business.
Thunder approaches and arrives harshly.
What is numerous is not lost.
There is business.
47 Distress
The Statement of the second hexagram
Distress. Continue.
For a pure and great person: fortune.
No fault. What is said is not trusted.
For a pure and great person: fortune.
No fault. What is said is not trusted.
The Image of the first hexagram
Continuous thunder
on thunder.
The noble one examines
his morals
in fear and dread.
on thunder.
The noble one examines
his morals
in fear and dread.
The Image of the second hexagram
A lake without water:
distress. The noble one
devotes her life
to fulfill her will.
distress. The noble one
devotes her life
to fulfill her will.
