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On May 16, 2015 at 3:56 AM
What can I do to help this time be good?
and received a response of:
35 Advancing
The Statement of the first hexagram
Marquis Kang receives gifts
of many breeding horses,
welcoming them three times
in one day.
of many breeding horses,
welcoming them three times
in one day.
The changing lines
The second line:
Advancing with worry.
Uprightness brings fortune.
Receive now the great blessings
of your grandmother.
Advancing with worry.
Uprightness brings fortune.
Receive now the great blessings
of your grandmother.
The third line:
A loyal crowd.
Regret vanishes.
A loyal crowd.
Regret vanishes.
The fourth line:
Advancing like rodents.
Pure harshness.
Advancing like rodents.
Pure harshness.
The fifth line:
Regrets vanish. Loss and gain
are no longer concerns. Going forward
is fortunate: nothing but gain.
Regrets vanish. Loss and gain
are no longer concerns. Going forward
is fortunate: nothing but gain.
The sixth line:
Advancing with their horns.
Secure by exerting: attack the town.
Harsh fortune. No fault,
but persistence brings sorrow.
Advancing with their horns.
Secure by exerting: attack the town.
Harsh fortune. No fault,
but persistence brings sorrow.
48 Well
The Statement of the second hexagram
Well. A city may change,
but the well does not.
It does not lose, it does not gain.
In spite of all who come and go from a well,
it remains a well.
But if the rope cannot reach,
or if the well's vase is upended:_
misfortune.
but the well does not.
It does not lose, it does not gain.
In spite of all who come and go from a well,
it remains a well.
But if the rope cannot reach,
or if the well's vase is upended:_
misfortune.
The Image of the first hexagram
Brightness emerges above
the earth: advancing.
The noble one brightens
her own virtue.
the earth: advancing.
The noble one brightens
her own virtue.
The Image of the second hexagram
Wood above water: well.
The noble one encourages
the people and lends them
assistance.
The noble one encourages
the people and lends them
assistance.
