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On December 13, 2023 at 1:42 PM
Can you please tell me if my business will be successful?
and received a response of:
33 Withdrawal
The Statement of the first hexagram
Withdrawal. Continue.
Small gains in persisting.
Small gains in persisting.
The changing lines
The first line:
Withdrawing at the tail of evil.
No use to have a place to go.
Withdrawing at the tail of evil.
No use to have a place to go.
The sixth line:
Wealth withdrawn.
Nothing but gain.
Wealth withdrawn.
Nothing but gain.
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
A mountain under heaven:
withdrawal.
The noble one keeps
distant from vile people,
not with hatred,
but with dignity.
withdrawal.
The noble one keeps
distant from vile people,
not with hatred,
but with dignity.
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.
