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On February 15, 2022 at 2:04 PM
Photography as a pursuit?
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38 Estrangement
The Statement of the first hexagram
Estrangement.
In small matters: fortune.
In small matters: fortune.
The changing lines
The first line:
Remorse vanishes. Do not search:
a lost horse returns by itself.
When seeing the wicked, make no mistakes.
Remorse vanishes. Do not search:
a lost horse returns by itself.
When seeing the wicked, make no mistakes.
The third line:
Seeing the wagon dragged back, his oxen
taken, his men's hair and noses cut off.
Not a beginning, but an ending.
Seeing the wagon dragged back, his oxen
taken, his men's hair and noses cut off.
Not a beginning, but an ending.
The fourth line:
Estranged, one meets the main person.
A trustworthy exchange.
Severity is without fault.
Estranged, one meets the main person.
A trustworthy exchange.
Severity is without fault.
18 Poison
The Statement of the second hexagram
Poison brings the great continuing.
Advance across the great river.
Before starting: three days.
After starting: three days.
Advance across the great river.
Before starting: three days.
After starting: three days.
The Image of the first hexagram
Fire above, lake below:
estrangement. The noble
one works with others,
but remains an individual.
estrangement. The noble
one works with others,
but remains an individual.
The Image of the second hexagram
Wind below the mountain:
poison. The noble one
stirs the people
and nourishes virtue.
poison. The noble one
stirs the people
and nourishes virtue.
