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On October 21, 2010 at 2:53 PM
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22 Adornment
The Statement of the first hexagram
Adornment. Continue.
Slight gain in having a place to go.
The changing lines
The first line:
Alighting from the carriage
with adorned feet to walk.
The second line:
Adorning is his beard.
18 Poison
The Statement of the second hexagram
Poison brings the great continuing.
Advance across the great river.
Before starting: three days.
After starting: three days.
The Image of the first hexagram
Fire at the foot
of a mountain: adornment.
The noble one thereby
governs with clarity, and
does not dare
to decide lawsuits lightly.
The Image of the second hexagram
Wind below the mountain:
poison. The noble one
stirs the people
and nourishes virtue.