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On February 29, 2024 at 12:25 AM
What will be the outcome of dropping this course?
and received a response of:
36 Smothered Light
The Statement of the first hexagram
Smothered light.
Gain is difficult: persist.
Gain is difficult: persist.
The changing lines
The third line:
Smothered light on a southern expedition.
Their great chief is captured.
One cannot be hasty to establish rule.
Smothered light on a southern expedition.
Their great chief is captured.
One cannot be hasty to establish rule.
The fifth line:
The smothered light of Jizi:
gainful virtue.
The smothered light of Jizi:
gainful virtue.
3 Sprouting
The Statement of the second hexagram
Sprouting begins everywhere,
abundant and pure.
No need to go far:
gain by naming allies.
abundant and pure.
No need to go far:
gain by naming allies.
The Image of the first hexagram
Brilliance
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.
The Image of the second hexagram
Clouds and thunder: sprouting. The noble one
considers the principles.
considers the principles.
