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On December 22, 2010 at 4:25 PM
what should the background be?
and received a response of:
16 Delight
The Statement of the first hexagram
What delight!
Gain by naming allies.
Move armies.
Gain by naming allies.
Move armies.
The changing lines
The first line:
Crowing delight.
Misfortune.
Crowing delight.
Misfortune.
The sixth line:
Dark delight succeeds.
Have a change of mind
and there will be no fault.
Dark delight succeeds.
Have a change of mind
and there will be no fault.
21 Biting
The Statement of the second hexagram
Biting. Penetrate.
Gain by prosecuting.
Gain by prosecuting.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder explodes,
shaking the earth: delight.
The early kings made music,
glorifying virtue as the
highest offering to God,
and so they were worthy
of their ancestors.
shaking the earth: delight.
The early kings made music,
glorifying virtue as the
highest offering to God,
and so they were worthy
of their ancestors.
The Image of the second hexagram
Thunder and lightning:
biting. The ancient kings
defined penalties and
declared the laws.
biting. The ancient kings
defined penalties and
declared the laws.
