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On February 15, 2022 at 9:23 PM
What will happen, if I clean my old clothes and try to donate them to my teacher?
and received a response of:
34 Great Vigor
The Statement of the first hexagram
Great vigor, gainful purity.
The changing lines
The first line:
Vigor in the toes:
advancing brings certain misfortune.
Uprightness brings fortune.
Vigor in the toes:
advancing brings certain misfortune.
Uprightness brings fortune.
The third line:
The inferior exert strength, the superior
exert not. Persist in harsh times.
A ram butts a hedge, entangling his horns.
The inferior exert strength, the superior
exert not. Persist in harsh times.
A ram butts a hedge, entangling his horns.
The fifth line:
The ram is lost easily.
No remorse.
The ram is lost easily.
No remorse.
The sixth line:
A ram butts the hedge and cannot pull out
or escape. No place is gainful.
First difficulty, then fortune.
A ram butts the hedge and cannot pull out
or escape. No place is gainful.
First difficulty, then fortune.
6 Dispute
The Statement of the second hexagram
Dispute: keep confident
even if blocked and alarmed.
In the middle, good fortune,
but in the end, misfortune.
Gain by seeing a great person.
Do not advance across the great river.
even if blocked and alarmed.
In the middle, good fortune,
but in the end, misfortune.
Gain by seeing a great person.
Do not advance across the great river.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder in heaven above:
great vigor. The noble one
is never without reverence
and does not fail
in conduct.
great vigor. The noble one
is never without reverence
and does not fail
in conduct.
The Image of the second hexagram
Heaven and water clash:
dispute. The noble one
devises the right beginning
in all matters.
dispute. The noble one
devises the right beginning
in all matters.
