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On July 20, 2023 at 5:49 PM
Is f vile?
and received a response of:
16 Delight
The Statement of the first hexagram
What delight!
Gain by naming allies.
Move armies.
Gain by naming allies.
Move armies.
The changing lines
The second line:
Upright like a rock in character.
In less than a day
one shows that purity.
Fortune.
Upright like a rock in character.
In less than a day
one shows that purity.
Fortune.
The third line:
Wide-eyed delight is regrettable.
If you are late
you will have regrets.
Wide-eyed delight is regrettable.
If you are late
you will have regrets.
The fourth line:
Through delight, the great attains.
Do not doubt it! Friends gather
like hair in a clasp.
Through delight, the great attains.
Do not doubt it! Friends gather
like hair in a clasp.
46 Rising
The Statement of the second hexagram
Rising. Great continuing.
Act now to see the great person.
Do not be distressed. Advance southward:
fortune.
Act now to see the great person.
Do not be distressed. Advance southward:
fortune.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder explodes,
shaking the earth: delight.
The early kings made music,
glorifying virtue as the
highest offering to God,
and so they were worthy
of their ancestors.
shaking the earth: delight.
The early kings made music,
glorifying virtue as the
highest offering to God,
and so they were worthy
of their ancestors.
The Image of the second hexagram
Wood growing in the
center of the land: rising.
The noble one is mild,
gradually raising what is
tiny into the tall and great.
center of the land: rising.
The noble one is mild,
gradually raising what is
tiny into the tall and great.
