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On March 25, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Is it good for me to decrease?
and received a response of:
56 Traveler
The Statement of the first hexagram
Traveler. Slight progress.
Be steadfast in travel: fortune.
Be steadfast in travel: fortune.
The changing lines
The second line:
A traveler promptly stops for lodging,
holding his wealth, getting servants.
Virtuous.
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.
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.
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.
A bird sets fire to its nest. A traveler
first laughs, afterward howls and weeps.
Loses an ox in barter. Misfortune.
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.
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.
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.
The noble one encourages
the people and lends them
assistance.
