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On September 7, 2021 at 11:47 AM
...will they mess with men?
and received a response of:
30 Brilliance
The Statement of the first hexagram
Brilliance. Gainful purity.
Continue.
Tame the bull: fortune.
Continue.
Tame the bull: fortune.
The changing lines
The second line:
Yellow brilliance.
Great fortune.
Yellow brilliance.
Great fortune.
The third line:
Brilliance sets with the sun.
Do not drum on a crock with your singing.
When great elders' sighs come:
misfortune.
Brilliance sets with the sun.
Do not drum on a crock with your singing.
When great elders' sighs come:
misfortune.
The fourth line:
This abrupt arrival is like a blaze
that flares and dies, then is forgotten.
This abrupt arrival is like a blaze
that flares and dies, then is forgotten.
The fifth line:
Weeping and running tears
as if in mourning and grief:
fortunate.
Weeping and running tears
as if in mourning and grief:
fortunate.
The sixth line:
The king goes to battle.
Admirably, he humbles the chieftains
and captures vile rebels. No fault.
The king goes to battle.
Admirably, he humbles the chieftains
and captures vile rebels. No 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
Brightness doubled:
brilliance. The great person
spreads his brilliance
to illuminate
all four directions.
brilliance. The great person
spreads his brilliance
to illuminate
all four directions.
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.
