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On March 25, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Why should I not have sex?
and received a response of:
21 Biting
The Statement of the first hexagram
Biting. Penetrate.
Gain by prosecuting.
Gain by prosecuting.
The changing lines
The second line:
Biting skin, destroying the nose:
no fault.
Biting skin, destroying the nose:
no fault.
The third line:
Biting dried meat,
encountering poison.
Small regrets, no fault.
Biting dried meat,
encountering poison.
Small regrets, no fault.
The fourth line:
Biting dry bone.
Winning golden arrows.
Gain through difficulty and stay upright.
Fortune.
Biting dry bone.
Winning golden arrows.
Gain through difficulty and stay upright.
Fortune.
26 Great Restraint
The Statement of the second hexagram
Gain by being upright.
Not eating at home brings fortune.
Advance across the great river.
Not eating at home brings fortune.
Advance across the great river.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder and lightning:
biting. The ancient kings
defined penalties and
declared the laws.
biting. The ancient kings
defined penalties and
declared the laws.
The Image of the second hexagram
Heaven in the center of a
mountain: great restraint.
The noble one
frequently studies
the words and prophesies
of the past, and thereby
nourishes virtue.
mountain: great restraint.
The noble one
frequently studies
the words and prophesies
of the past, and thereby
nourishes virtue.
