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On August 17, 2023 at 9:16 PM
Tell me how to draw water from the well?
and received a response of:
29 Pit
The Statement of the first hexagram
Repeated pits.
Have confidence.
Tether your heart and continue.
Action brings honor.
Have confidence.
Tether your heart and continue.
Action brings honor.
The changing lines
The third line:
Drumbeats come: stuck in danger.
Entering the underground vault
will be of no use.
Drumbeats come: stuck in danger.
Entering the underground vault
will be of no use.
The fourth line:
A bottle of wine, a bamboo basket,
and two earthenware vessels offered simply
through a window. In the end, no fault.
A bottle of wine, a bamboo basket,
and two earthenware vessels offered simply
through a window. In the end, no fault.
The fifth line:
The pit is not yet flooded to the brim.
No fault.
The pit is not yet flooded to the brim.
No fault.
32 Constancy
The Statement of the second hexagram
Constancy is to continue
without fault.
Gain through purity.
Gain by having a place to go.
without fault.
Gain through purity.
Gain by having a place to go.
The Image of the first hexagram
Flowing water comes:
repeated pits.
The noble one moves
with constant virtue, and
repeatedly teaches
the critical matters.
repeated pits.
The noble one moves
with constant virtue, and
repeatedly teaches
the critical matters.
The Image of the second hexagram
Thunder and wind:
constancy.
The noble one stands
without changing direction.
constancy.
The noble one stands
without changing direction.
