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On February 5, 2024 at 1:08 PM
from a printed book, reproduction?
and received a response of:
40 Releasing
The Statement of the first hexagram
Gain in the west and south.
No cause to move forward-
then comes return, and fortune.
To have a place to go: dawn fortune.
No cause to move forward-
then comes return, and fortune.
To have a place to go: dawn fortune.
The changing lines
The first line:
No fault.
No fault.
The second line:
Capturing three foxes in the field,
receiving yellow arrows. Pure fortune.
Capturing three foxes in the field,
receiving yellow arrows. Pure fortune.
The third line:
Shouldering a bundle on the back,
and riding a carriage attracts bandits:
pure severity.
Shouldering a bundle on the back,
and riding a carriage attracts bandits:
pure severity.
The sixth line:
The duke uses this chance to shoot a hawk
from the top of the ramparts.
Nothing but gain in capturing.
The duke uses this chance to shoot a hawk
from the top of the ramparts.
Nothing but gain in capturing.
30 Brilliance
The Statement of the second hexagram
Brilliance. Gainful purity.
Continue.
Tame the bull: fortune.
Continue.
Tame the bull: fortune.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder and rain act:
releasing.
The noble one
pardons errors
and forgives offenses.
releasing.
The noble one
pardons errors
and forgives offenses.
The Image of the second hexagram
Brightness doubled:
brilliance. The great person
spreads his brilliance
to illuminate
all four directions.
brilliance. The great person
spreads his brilliance
to illuminate
all four directions.
