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On March 25, 2024 at 10:16 AM 

Is it good for me to decrease?

and received a response of:
old yang
old yin
old yang
yang
old yin
yin
 

56 Traveler

The Statement of the first hexagram

Traveler. Slight progress.
Be steadfast in travel: fortune.

The changing lines

The second line:
A traveler promptly stops for lodging,
holding his wealth, getting servants.
Virtuous.
The fourth line:
A traveler in a dwelling place
gets his wealth and ax.
My heart is unhappy.
The fifth line:
Shooting pheasants. One arrow vanishes.
In the end, there is honor and authority.
The sixth line:
A bird sets fire to its nest. A traveler
first laughs, afterward howls and weeps.
Loses an ox in barter. Misfortune.
yin
yang
yin
yang
yang
yin
 

48 Well

The Statement of the second hexagram

Well. A city may change,

but the well does not.

It does not lose, it does not gain.

In spite of all who come and go from a well,

it remains a well.

But if the rope cannot reach,

or if the well's vase is upended:_

misfortune.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Fire on the mountain:
traveler. The noble one is
clear-minded and cautious
in meting out punishment
and yet does not delay trial.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Wood above water: well.
The noble one encourages
the people and lends them
assistance.