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On September 26, 2024 at 3:42 AM
What about practicing steps 59-64 in tghe wild goose form during these difficult times?
and received a response of:
2 Earth
The Statement of the first hexagram
Earth: maker, everywhere.
Gain from a mare's purity.
The noble one wanting to go far
is first confused, but later finds guidance.
Gain friends in the west and south,
Lose friends in the east and north.
Peace: this is a sign of fortune.
Gain from a mare's purity.
The noble one wanting to go far
is first confused, but later finds guidance.
Gain friends in the west and south,
Lose friends in the east and north.
Peace: this is a sign of fortune.
The changing lines
The first line:
Treading on frost-
solid ice will soon arrive.
Treading on frost-
solid ice will soon arrive.
The third line:
Hide your talents, but stay steadfast
if you would be of royal service.
Hide your talents, but stay steadfast
if you would be of royal service.
The fourth line:
A tied sack:
neither blame nor praise.
A tied sack:
neither blame nor praise.
The fifth line:
Yellow garments.
Great fortune.
Yellow garments.
Great fortune.
49 Reform
The Statement of the second hexagram
Reform: on one's own day,
confidence is won-
making, pervasive, gainful, and pure.
Regrets vanish.
confidence is won-
making, pervasive, gainful, and pure.
Regrets vanish.
The Image of the first hexagram
Ground as the power
of earth:
the noble one generously
supports all things.
of earth:
the noble one generously
supports all things.
The Image of the second hexagram
Fire in the middle of the
lake: reform. The noble one
orders the calendar
by the seasons.
lake: reform. The noble one
orders the calendar
by the seasons.
