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49 Reform
The Statement of the first hexagram
Reform: on one's own day,
confidence is won-
making, pervasive, gainful, and pure.
Regrets vanish.
confidence is won-
making, pervasive, gainful, and pure.
Regrets vanish.
The changing lines
The first line:
Bound using yellow ox hide.
Bound using yellow ox hide.
The second line:
By day's end, there is reform.
Going is fortunate and without fault.
By day's end, there is reform.
Going is fortunate and without fault.
The fourth line:
Regrets vanish. Have confidence,
alter the commands. Fortune.
Regrets vanish. Have confidence,
alter the commands. Fortune.
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
Fire in the middle of the
lake: reform. The noble one
orders the calendar
by the seasons.
lake: reform. The noble one
orders the calendar
by the seasons.
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.
