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On May 22, 2022 at 9:02 AM
Will JD write back to me?
and received a response of:
40 Releasing
The Statement of the first hexagram
Gain in the west and south.
No cause to move forward-
then comes return, and fortune.
To have a place to go: dawn fortune.
No cause to move forward-
then comes return, and fortune.
To have a place to go: dawn fortune.
The changing lines
The second line:
Capturing three foxes in the field,
receiving yellow arrows. Pure fortune.
Capturing three foxes in the field,
receiving yellow arrows. Pure fortune.
The third line:
Shouldering a bundle on the back,
and riding a carriage attracts bandits:
pure severity.
Shouldering a bundle on the back,
and riding a carriage attracts bandits:
pure severity.
The fifth line:
The superior one rules by releasing. Fortune.
One has the confidence
of the common people.
The superior one rules by releasing. Fortune.
One has the confidence
of the common people.
The sixth line:
The duke uses this chance to shoot a hawk
from the top of the ramparts.
Nothing but gain in capturing.
The duke uses this chance to shoot a hawk
from the top of the ramparts.
Nothing but gain in capturing.
33 Withdrawal
The Statement of the second hexagram
Withdrawal. Continue.
Small gains in persisting.
Small gains in persisting.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder and rain act:
releasing.
The noble one
pardons errors
and forgives offenses.
releasing.
The noble one
pardons errors
and forgives offenses.
The Image of the second hexagram
A mountain under heaven:
withdrawal.
The noble one keeps
distant from vile people,
not with hatred,
but with dignity.
withdrawal.
The noble one keeps
distant from vile people,
not with hatred,
but with dignity.
