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On December 9, 2022 at 3:58 PM
What art to pursue?
and received a response of:
20 Beholding
The Statement of the first hexagram
Behold! The hands have been washed,
but the offering has not yet been made.
Be sincere and dignified in appearance.
but the offering has not yet been made.
Be sincere and dignified in appearance.
The changing lines
The first line:
Childish beholding is not wrong
for a common person, but it is wrong
for a superior person.
Childish beholding is not wrong
for a common person, but it is wrong
for a superior person.
The third line:
Beholding my life:
advance or retreat?
Beholding my life:
advance or retreat?
37 Family
The Statement of the second hexagram
A family benefits
from the women's purity.
from the women's purity.
The Image of the first hexagram
The wind moving above
the earth: beholding.
The ancient kings
inspected the provinces
and territories to establish
the right teachings.
the earth: beholding.
The ancient kings
inspected the provinces
and territories to establish
the right teachings.
The Image of the second hexagram
Wind emerges from fire:
family.
The noble one has
substance in speech and
constancy in action.
family.
The noble one has
substance in speech and
constancy in action.
