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On December 8, 2010 at 1:18 AM
how will my living here affect my work?
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 second line:
Manage mother's poison.
One cannot be firm.
Manage mother's poison.
One cannot be firm.
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.
15 Humility
The Statement of the second hexagram
Humility imbues.
The noble one gets completion.
The noble one gets completion.
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
Mountains in the middle
of the earth: humility.
The wise person
takes from the ample
to add to the meager,
weighing and balancing
fairly.
of the earth: humility.
The wise person
takes from the ample
to add to the meager,
weighing and balancing
fairly.
