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On December 9, 2010 at 4:06 PM
why were they all so terrified?
and received a response of:
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 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.
41 Decrease
The Statement of the second hexagram
Decrease. Have confidence.
Great fortune. No fault
if one can be upright.
Gain by having a place to go.
How should one act?
Two square bamboo baskets
can be used in offering.
Great fortune. No fault
if one can be upright.
Gain by having a place to go.
How should one act?
Two square bamboo baskets
can be used in offering.
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
Lake below mountain:
decrease. The noble one
halts his anger
and curbs his desires.
decrease. The noble one
halts his anger
and curbs his desires.
