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On June 14, 2023 at 3:31 AM
...should not engage her?
and received a response of:
18 Poison
The Statement of the first hexagram
Poison brings the great continuing.
Advance across the great river.
Before starting: three days.
After starting: three days.
Advance across the great river.
Before starting: three days.
After starting: three days.
The changing lines
The first line:
Manage father's poison.
Let his child examine. No fault
amid such harshness. In the end, fortune.
Manage father's poison.
Let his child examine. No fault
amid such harshness. In the end, fortune.
The third line:
Manage father's poison.
The young have regrets.
No great fault.
Manage father's poison.
The young have regrets.
No great fault.
The sixth line:
Do not serve king or lords.
Your own affairs
are of higher importance.
Do not serve king or lords.
Your own affairs
are of higher importance.
19 Arrival
The Statement of the second hexagram
The arrival of the maker: everywhere,
giving and pure.
When the eighth moon comes,
there will be misfortune.
giving and pure.
When the eighth moon comes,
there will be misfortune.
The Image of the first hexagram
Wind below the mountain:
poison. The noble one
stirs the people
and nourishes virtue.
poison. The noble one
stirs the people
and nourishes virtue.
The Image of the second hexagram
Earth by the lake: arrival.
The noble one
is inexhaustible
in teaching,
and boundlessly protects
the people.
The noble one
is inexhaustible
in teaching,
and boundlessly protects
the people.
