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On November 21, 2015 at 10:09 PM
what about g?
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3 Sprouting
The Statement of the first hexagram
Sprouting begins everywhere,
abundant and pure.
No need to go far:
gain by naming allies.
abundant and pure.
No need to go far:
gain by naming allies.
The changing lines
The first line:
A boulder and a willow.
It is gainful to dwell staunchly here.
Gain by naming allies.
A boulder and a willow.
It is gainful to dwell staunchly here.
Gain by naming allies.
The second line:
How like the difficulty of sprouting!
Rushing like a team of horses: it is not a raider
who woos, yet the chaste girl refuses.
She waits ten years for betrothal.
How like the difficulty of sprouting!
Rushing like a team of horses: it is not a raider
who woos, yet the chaste girl refuses.
She waits ten years for betrothal.
The third line:
Although there are deer, there is no forester.
Thinking to enter the forest's center,
the noble one halts. To go forward: sorrow.
Although there are deer, there is no forester.
Thinking to enter the forest's center,
the noble one halts. To go forward: sorrow.
The fourth line:
Riding a team of horses
to seek marriage. Fortunate.
Nothing but gain.
Riding a team of horses
to seek marriage. Fortunate.
Nothing but gain.
The fifth line:
Sprouting fresh and thick:
For the small, a sign of fortune.
For the great, a sign of misfortune.
Sprouting fresh and thick:
For the small, a sign of fortune.
For the great, a sign of misfortune.
The sixth line:
Riding a team of horses:
Sobbing and weeping blood.
Riding a team of horses:
Sobbing and weeping blood.
50 Cauldron
The Statement of the second hexagram
Cauldron.
Great fortune.
Continue.
Great fortune.
Continue.
The Image of the first hexagram
Clouds and thunder: sprouting. The noble one
considers the principles.
considers the principles.
The Image of the second hexagram
Fire on top of wood:
cauldron.
The noble one takes the
principal seat
to solidify his commands.
Could you stoke
the cauldron that feeds
all people?
cauldron.
The noble one takes the
principal seat
to solidify his commands.
Could you stoke
the cauldron that feeds
all people?
