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On December 29, 2010 at 12:15 AM
what is the next step for gl?
and received a response of:
56 Traveler
The Statement of the first hexagram
Traveler. Slight progress.
Be steadfast in travel: fortune.
Be steadfast in travel: fortune.
The changing lines
The first line:
A traveler, low and weak-voiced:
thus he summons calamity.
A traveler, low and weak-voiced:
thus he summons calamity.
The second line:
A traveler promptly stops for lodging,
holding his wealth, getting servants.
Virtuous.
A traveler promptly stops for lodging,
holding his wealth, getting servants.
Virtuous.
The fourth line:
A traveler in a dwelling place
gets his wealth and ax.
My heart is unhappy.
A traveler in a dwelling place
gets his wealth and ax.
My heart is unhappy.
The fifth line:
Shooting pheasants. One arrow vanishes.
In the end, there is honor and authority.
Shooting pheasants. One arrow vanishes.
In the end, there is honor and authority.
9 Smallness Tames
The Statement of the second hexagram
Smallness tames. Persevere.
Dense clouds, no rain
at my western border.
Dense clouds, no rain
at my western border.
The Image of the first hexagram
Fire on the mountain:
traveler. The noble one is
clear-minded and cautious
in meting out punishment
and yet does not delay trial.
traveler. The noble one is
clear-minded and cautious
in meting out punishment
and yet does not delay trial.
The Image of the second hexagram
Wind moving high
in heaven: smallness tames.
The noble one acts
with restraint, culture,
and morals.
in heaven: smallness tames.
The noble one acts
with restraint, culture,
and morals.
