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On July 25, 2023 at 2:22 PM
Have I done something incorrect?
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27 Nourishing
The Statement of the first hexagram
Nourishing. Pure fortune.
Watch the jaws
and what one seeks to fill one's mouth.
Watch the jaws
and what one seeks to fill one's mouth.
The changing lines
The first line:
You put aside your divine turtle
And watch my moving jaws: misfortune.
You put aside your divine turtle
And watch my moving jaws: misfortune.
The second line:
With jerking jaws, you disobey
the right ways. Find nourishment
in the nearby hills
instead of journeying far away.
With jerking jaws, you disobey
the right ways. Find nourishment
in the nearby hills
instead of journeying far away.
The third line:
Jaws shake in opposition. Persistence
will bring misfortune. For ten years,
all will be useless and no place
will bring gain.
Jaws shake in opposition. Persistence
will bring misfortune. For ten years,
all will be useless and no place
will bring gain.
18 Poison
The Statement of the second 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 Image of the first hexagram
Thunder below the mountain: nourishing.
The noble one is
careful in speech
and temperate
while eating and drinking.
The noble one is
careful in speech
and temperate
while eating and drinking.
The Image of the second 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.
