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On December 31, 2023 at 1:26 PM
what will be the outcome of not asking GS to guide me with my writing?
and received a response of:
6 Dispute
The Statement of the first hexagram
Dispute: keep confident
even if blocked and alarmed.
In the middle, good fortune,
but in the end, misfortune.
Gain by seeing a great person.
Do not advance across the great river.
even if blocked and alarmed.
In the middle, good fortune,
but in the end, misfortune.
Gain by seeing a great person.
Do not advance across the great river.
The changing lines
The second line:
Unable to win the dispute. Return,
and so flee his realm
of three hundred households.
No blunders.
Unable to win the dispute. Return,
and so flee his realm
of three hundred households.
No blunders.
The sixth line:
One may be awarded a belt of high rank,
but by morning's end,
it will have been stripped away three times.
One may be awarded a belt of high rank,
but by morning's end,
it will have been stripped away three times.
45 Collecting
The Statement of the second hexagram
The king draws near to the temple:
gain by seeing a great person.
Make an offering with purity,
using great sacrificial beasts. Fortune.
Gain by having a place to go.
gain by seeing a great person.
Make an offering with purity,
using great sacrificial beasts. Fortune.
Gain by having a place to go.
The Image of the first hexagram
Heaven and water clash:
dispute. The noble one
devises the right beginning
in all matters.
dispute. The noble one
devises the right beginning
in all matters.
The Image of the second hexagram
Lake above the earth.
Collecting. The noble one
collects the tools of war
to guard against
unforeseen danger.
Collecting. The noble one
collects the tools of war
to guard against
unforeseen danger.
