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On December 28, 2010 at 6:07 PM
what should be my focus at thistime?
and received a response of:
49 Reform
The Statement of the first 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 changing lines
The first line:
Bound using yellow ox hide.
Bound using yellow ox hide.
The second line:
By day's end, there is reform.
Going is fortunate and without fault.
By day's end, there is reform.
Going is fortunate and without fault.
The third line:
Going is unfortunate. Pure harshness.
Reform is declared three times
before there is confidence.
Going is unfortunate. Pure harshness.
Reform is declared three times
before there is confidence.
The fourth line:
Regrets vanish. Have confidence,
alter the commands. Fortune.
Regrets vanish. Have confidence,
alter the commands. Fortune.
The sixth line:
The noble one changes like a panther.
The small person changes his expression.
Going is unfortunate,
staying is pure fortune.
The noble one changes like a panther.
The small person changes his expression.
Going is unfortunate,
staying is pure fortune.
59 Spreading
The Statement of the second hexagram
Spreading.
The king draws near to the temple.
Advance across the great river.
Gainful purity.
The king draws near to the temple.
Advance across the great river.
Gainful purity.
The Image of the first 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.
The Image of the second hexagram
Wind moving above water:
spreading.
The ancient kings made
sacrificial offerings to God
and established temples.
spreading.
The ancient kings made
sacrificial offerings to God
and established temples.
