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On January 1, 2022 at 7:24 AM
what will be the outcome if I retreat from CH?
and received a response of:
29 Pit
The Statement of the first hexagram
Repeated pits.
Have confidence.
Tether your heart and continue.
Action brings honor.
Have confidence.
Tether your heart and continue.
Action brings honor.
The changing lines
The second line:
The pit has dangers.
Inquiries get little.
The pit has dangers.
Inquiries get little.
The fourth line:
A bottle of wine, a bamboo basket,
and two earthenware vessels offered simply
through a window. In the end, no fault.
A bottle of wine, a bamboo basket,
and two earthenware vessels offered simply
through a window. In the end, no fault.
The sixth line:
Tied and entangled. Thrown in brambles.
For three years, nothing can be won.
Misfortune.
Tied and entangled. Thrown in brambles.
For three years, nothing can be won.
Misfortune.
12 Clogging
The Statement of the second hexagram
Clogging by wicked people.
Nothing to be gained,
even from a steadfast prince.
The great goes, the vile comes.
Nothing to be gained,
even from a steadfast prince.
The great goes, the vile comes.
The Image of the first hexagram
Flowing water comes:
repeated pits.
The noble one moves
with constant virtue, and
repeatedly teaches
the critical matters.
repeated pits.
The noble one moves
with constant virtue, and
repeatedly teaches
the critical matters.
The Image of the second hexagram
Heaven and earth
separate: clogging.
The noble one acts
with self-restraint
in the face
of punishing hardship,
and avoids glory or riches.
separate: clogging.
The noble one acts
with self-restraint
in the face
of punishing hardship,
and avoids glory or riches.
