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On October 22, 2023 at 11:09 AM
What do I need to focus on?
and received a response of:
35 Advancing
The Statement of the first hexagram
Marquis Kang receives gifts
of many breeding horses,
welcoming them three times
in one day.
of many breeding horses,
welcoming them three times
in one day.
The changing lines
The second line:
Advancing with worry.
Uprightness brings fortune.
Receive now the great blessings
of your grandmother.
Advancing with worry.
Uprightness brings fortune.
Receive now the great blessings
of your grandmother.
The fourth line:
Advancing like rodents.
Pure harshness.
Advancing like rodents.
Pure harshness.
The fifth line:
Regrets vanish. Loss and gain
are no longer concerns. Going forward
is fortunate: nothing but gain.
Regrets vanish. Loss and gain
are no longer concerns. Going forward
is fortunate: nothing but gain.
The sixth line:
Advancing with their horns.
Secure by exerting: attack the town.
Harsh fortune. No fault,
but persistence brings sorrow.
Advancing with their horns.
Secure by exerting: attack the town.
Harsh fortune. No fault,
but persistence brings sorrow.
29 Pit
The Statement of the second hexagram
Repeated pits.
Have confidence.
Tether your heart and continue.
Action brings honor.
Have confidence.
Tether your heart and continue.
Action brings honor.
The Image of the first hexagram
Brightness emerges above
the earth: advancing.
The noble one brightens
her own virtue.
the earth: advancing.
The noble one brightens
her own virtue.
The Image of the second 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.
