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On October 17, 2022 at 5:01 PM
why did he do this?
and received a response of:
27 Nourishing
The Statement of the first hexagram
Nourishing. Pure fortune.
Watch the jaws
and what one seeks to fill one's mouth.
Watch the jaws
and what one seeks to fill one's mouth.
The changing lines
The first line:
You put aside your divine turtle
And watch my moving jaws: misfortune.
You put aside your divine turtle
And watch my moving jaws: misfortune.
The second line:
With jerking jaws, you disobey
the right ways. Find nourishment
in the nearby hills
instead of journeying far away.
With jerking jaws, you disobey
the right ways. Find nourishment
in the nearby hills
instead of journeying far away.
The fourth line:
Moving jaws are fortunate.
Like a glaring tiger, passion runs full,
but there is no fault.
Moving jaws are fortunate.
Like a glaring tiger, passion runs full,
but there is no fault.
The fifth line:
Disobeying the right ways:
dwelling instead in virtue brings fortune.
Do not advance across the great river.
Disobeying the right ways:
dwelling instead in virtue brings fortune.
Do not advance across the great river.
The sixth line:
Through nourishment
in severity comes fortune.
Advance across the great river.
Through nourishment
in severity comes fortune.
Advance across the great river.
47 Distress
The Statement of the second hexagram
Distress. Continue.
For a pure and great person: fortune.
No fault. What is said is not trusted.
For a pure and great person: fortune.
No fault. What is said is not trusted.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder below the mountain: nourishing.
The noble one is
careful in speech
and temperate
while eating and drinking.
The noble one is
careful in speech
and temperate
while eating and drinking.
The Image of the second hexagram
A lake without water:
distress. The noble one
devotes her life
to fulfill her will.
distress. The noble one
devotes her life
to fulfill her will.
