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28 Great Excess
The Statement of the first hexagram
The ridgepole sags.
Gain by having a place to go.
Continue.
Gain by having a place to go.
Continue.
The changing lines
The first line:
A cushion of white grass.
No fault.
A cushion of white grass.
No fault.
The second line:
A withered trunk bursts with fresh vetch.
An old man takes a wife. Nothing but gain.
A withered trunk bursts with fresh vetch.
An old man takes a wife. Nothing but gain.
The third line:
A weak beam.
Misfortune.
A weak beam.
Misfortune.
The fourth line:
An ample beam. Fortunate,
unless there has been stinting.
An ample beam. Fortunate,
unless there has been stinting.
The fifth line:
Withered wood blooms with flowers.
An old woman takes a husband.
Neither fault nor praise.
Withered wood blooms with flowers.
An old woman takes a husband.
Neither fault nor praise.
24 Returning
The Statement of the second hexagram
Returning. Continue.
In coming and going,
there is neither sickness nor distress.
Companions come without fault.
Returning is its Tao.
In seven days, returning comes.
Gain by having a place to go.
In coming and going,
there is neither sickness nor distress.
Companions come without fault.
Returning is its Tao.
In seven days, returning comes.
Gain by having a place to go.
The Image of the first hexagram
The lake overwhelms
the trees: great excess.
The noble one stands alone
without fear,
and can withdraw
from the world
without sorrow.
the trees: great excess.
The noble one stands alone
without fear,
and can withdraw
from the world
without sorrow.
The Image of the second hexagram
Thunder in the center of
the earth: returning.
The ancient kings
closed the borders
during the solstices.
Traveling merchants
did not journey. Sovereigns
did not tour the provinces.
the earth: returning.
The ancient kings
closed the borders
during the solstices.
Traveling merchants
did not journey. Sovereigns
did not tour the provinces.
