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On December 12, 2023 at 3:16 PM
What is best to keep in mind now?
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52 Stilling
The Statement of the first hexagram
One stills one's back
and does not move one's body.
There is movement in one's courtyard,
but one does not see one's people.
No fault.
and does not move one's body.
There is movement in one's courtyard,
but one does not see one's people.
No fault.
The changing lines
The third line:
Stilling one's waist.
Splitting the muscles of the back.
Cruelty smokes one's heart.
Stilling one's waist.
Splitting the muscles of the back.
Cruelty smokes one's heart.
The fifth line:
Stilling his jaws.
Speech is orderly.
Regrets vanish.
Stilling his jaws.
Speech is orderly.
Regrets vanish.
20 Beholding
The Statement of the second hexagram
Behold! The hands have been washed,
but the offering has not yet been made.
Be sincere and dignified in appearance.
but the offering has not yet been made.
Be sincere and dignified in appearance.
The Image of the first hexagram
Doubled mountains:
stillness.
The noble one
does not consider matters
beyond his position.
stillness.
The noble one
does not consider matters
beyond his position.
The Image of the second hexagram
The wind moving above
the earth: beholding.
The ancient kings
inspected the provinces
and territories to establish
the right teachings.
the earth: beholding.
The ancient kings
inspected the provinces
and territories to establish
the right teachings.
