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On December 29, 2010 at 3:05 PM
what advice can you give me about buying a property?
and received a response of:
13 Kindred
The Statement of the first hexagram
The kindred in the wilderness.
Continue.
Advance across the great river.
Gain by a wise one's purity.
Continue.
Advance across the great river.
Gain by a wise one's purity.
The changing lines
The first line:
The kindred at the gate.
No fault.
The kindred at the gate.
No fault.
The third line:
Armed and lying in ambush
under the thicket. Looming above
is their high mound.
For three years, there is no rising.
Armed and lying in ambush
under the thicket. Looming above
is their high mound.
For three years, there is no rising.
The fourth line:
Mounting their ramparts.
Unable to conquer.
Fortune.
Mounting their ramparts.
Unable to conquer.
Fortune.
The fifth line:
The kindred first wail and yet later laugh:
great armies are able to meet.
The kindred first wail and yet later laugh:
great armies are able to meet.
The sixth line:
The kindred at the countryside sacrifice.
No regrets.
The kindred at the countryside sacrifice.
No regrets.
2 Earth
The Statement of the second 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 Image of the first hexagram
Fire rises into heaven:
kindred. The noble one
groups and sorts
all that must be done.
kindred. The noble one
groups and sorts
all that must be done.
The Image of the second hexagram
Ground as the power
of earth:
the noble one generously
supports all things.
of earth:
the noble one generously
supports all things.
