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On August 12, 2010 at 2:42 PM
madmur1 asked:
wciei i pursue dw creatively and practically?
and received a response of:
4 Youth
The Statement of the first hexagram
A youth must be steadfast.
I do not seek the naive youth.
The naive youth seeks me.
At the first divination, I explain,
but after three times, it is irritating.
Annoyed, I explain no further.
Nevertheless, a gainful omen.
I do not seek the naive youth.
The naive youth seeks me.
At the first divination, I explain,
but after three times, it is irritating.
Annoyed, I explain no further.
Nevertheless, a gainful omen.
The changing lines
The second line:
To have the joy of holding your own child,
take a wife. It will lead to fortune:
your children will lead the family.
To have the joy of holding your own child,
take a wife. It will lead to fortune:
your children will lead the family.
The third line:
It is useless to marry a woman
who loses herself when she sees
a golden man.
It is useless to marry a woman
who loses herself when she sees
a golden man.
The fourth line:
A distressed and naive youth:
sorrow.
A distressed and naive youth:
sorrow.
The fifth line:
An innocent and naive youth:
fortunate.
An innocent and naive youth:
fortunate.
The sixth line:
Nothing is gained by beating a youth.
That is the way to treat raiders.
We gain by preventing misdeeds.
Nothing is gained by beating a youth.
That is the way to treat raiders.
We gain by preventing misdeeds.
31 Feeling
The Statement of the second hexagram
Feeling. Pervasive
with gainful purity.
Taking a spouse brings fortune.
with gainful purity.
Taking a spouse brings fortune.
The Image of the first hexagram
A spring gushes
below a mountain:
the naive youth.
The noble one nourishes virtue
with determination.
below a mountain:
the naive youth.
The noble one nourishes virtue
with determination.
The Image of the second hexagram
Lake on a mountain:
feeling.
The noble one
accepts people openly.
feeling.
The noble one
accepts people openly.
