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On December 25, 2010 at 11:04 PM
Why did she hang her head?
and received a response of:
54 Marrying Sister
The Statement of the first hexagram
Advance: misfortune.
No place will bring gain.
The changing lines
The second line:
Blind in one eye: able to see.
Gain by a solitary person's firmness.
The fourth line:
A younger sister marrying.
Overflowing expectations.
A late marriage has its season.
24 Returning
The Statement of the second hexagram
Returning. Continue.
In coming and going,
there is neither sickness nor distress.
Companions come without fault.
Returning is its Tao.
In seven days, returning comes.
Gain by having a place to go.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder over lake:
marrying sister.
The noble one pursues
far-reaching goals
while keeping aware
of possible ruin.
The Image of the second hexagram
Thunder in the center of
the earth: returning.
The ancient kings
closed the borders
during the solstices.
Traveling merchants
did not journey. Sovereigns
did not tour the provinces.