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On August 11, 2023 at 4:27 PM
You aren't saying that the traveler is like a sister, are you?
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 first line:
Crowing delight.
Misfortune.
Crowing delight.
Misfortune.
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 fifth line:
Firm illness persists,
but there is no death.
Firm illness persists,
but there is no death.
49 Reform
The Statement of the second hexagram
Reform: on one's own day,
confidence is won-
making, pervasive, gainful, and pure.
Regrets vanish.
confidence is won-
making, pervasive, gainful, and pure.
Regrets vanish.
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
Fire in the middle of the
lake: reform. The noble one
orders the calendar
by the seasons.
lake: reform. The noble one
orders the calendar
by the seasons.
