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On April 29, 2024 at 4:34 AM
What should I do for a career?
and received a response of:
39 Hindered
The Statement of the first hexagram
Gain in the west and south.
No gain in the east and north.
Gain by seeing the great person.
Pure fortune.
No gain in the east and north.
Gain by seeing the great person.
Pure fortune.
The changing lines
The first line:
Going: hindered.
Approaching: honor.
Going: hindered.
Approaching: honor.
The second line:
The king's servant hindered-
though he did not personally cause it.
The king's servant hindered-
though he did not personally cause it.
The fifth line:
Greatly hindered.
Friends approach.
Greatly hindered.
Friends approach.
The sixth line:
Going: hindered.
Coming: enormous fortune.
Gain by seeing the great person.
Going: hindered.
Coming: enormous fortune.
Gain by seeing the great person.
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
Water on top of the
mountain: hindered.
The noble one
turns inward
to cultivate virtue.
mountain: hindered.
The noble one
turns inward
to cultivate virtue.
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.
