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On July 25, 2023 at 2:12 PM
Will I examine my morals correctly and will all go well with my relationship with f?
and received a response of:
6 Dispute
The Statement of the first hexagram
Dispute: keep confident
even if blocked and alarmed.
In the middle, good fortune,
but in the end, misfortune.
Gain by seeing a great person.
Do not advance across the great river.
even if blocked and alarmed.
In the middle, good fortune,
but in the end, misfortune.
Gain by seeing a great person.
Do not advance across the great river.
The changing lines
The second line:
Unable to win the dispute. Return,
and so flee his realm
of three hundred households.
No blunders.
Unable to win the dispute. Return,
and so flee his realm
of three hundred households.
No blunders.
The fourth line:
Unable to win the dispute. Go back now,
make your decisions.
Change your mind
and there will be peace.
Unable to win the dispute. Go back now,
make your decisions.
Change your mind
and there will be peace.
20 Beholding
The Statement of the second hexagram
Behold! The hands have been washed,
but the offering has not yet been made.
Be sincere and dignified in appearance.
but the offering has not yet been made.
Be sincere and dignified in appearance.
The Image of the first hexagram
Heaven and water clash:
dispute. The noble one
devises the right beginning
in all matters.
dispute. The noble one
devises the right beginning
in all matters.
The Image of the second hexagram
The wind moving above
the earth: beholding.
The ancient kings
inspected the provinces
and territories to establish
the right teachings.
the earth: beholding.
The ancient kings
inspected the provinces
and territories to establish
the right teachings.
