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On April 13, 2023 at 2:07 PM
War coming?
and received a response of:
22 Adornment
The Statement of the first hexagram
Adornment. Continue.
Slight gain in having a place to go.
Slight gain in having a place to go.
The changing lines
The first line:
Alighting from the carriage
with adorned feet to walk.
Alighting from the carriage
with adorned feet to walk.
The second line:
Adorning is his beard.
Adorning is his beard.
The fourth line:
As beautiful as a white-feathered horse.
It is not a raider who woos.
As beautiful as a white-feathered horse.
It is not a raider who woos.
The fifth line:
Light adorns hillside gardens:
A betrothal bundle
may be small and meager,
but in the end, fortune.
Light adorns hillside gardens:
A betrothal bundle
may be small and meager,
but in the end, fortune.
44 Copulating
The Statement of the second hexagram
Copulating: the woman is powerful.
Do not marry such a woman.
Do not marry such a woman.
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.
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 under heaven:
copulating.
The sovereign
issues commands
to the four quarters.
copulating.
The sovereign
issues commands
to the four quarters.
