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On October 9, 2009 at 9:45 PM
How do I find a master?
and received a response of:
3 Sprouting
The Statement of the first hexagram
Sprouting begins everywhere,
abundant and pure.
No need to go far:
gain by naming allies.
abundant and pure.
No need to go far:
gain by naming allies.
The changing lines
The first line:
A boulder and a willow.
It is gainful to dwell staunchly here.
Gain by naming allies.
A boulder and a willow.
It is gainful to dwell staunchly here.
Gain by naming allies.
The third line:
Although there are deer, there is no forester.
Thinking to enter the forest's center,
the noble one halts. To go forward: sorrow.
Although there are deer, there is no forester.
Thinking to enter the forest's center,
the noble one halts. To go forward: sorrow.
The sixth line:
Riding a team of horses:
Sobbing and weeping blood.
Riding a team of horses:
Sobbing and weeping blood.
53 Gradually
The Statement of the second hexagram
A woman marries: fortune.
Gainful purity.
Gainful purity.
The Image of the first hexagram
Clouds and thunder: sprouting. The noble one
considers the principles.
considers the principles.
The Image of the second hexagram
Wood on the mountain:
gradually.
The noble one dwells
in high moral character
and reforms
popular customs.
gradually.
The noble one dwells
in high moral character
and reforms
popular customs.
