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On October 21, 2009 at 1:32 PM
what hexagram is the best for a new name?
and received a response of:
26 Great Restraint
The Statement of the first hexagram
Gain by being upright.
Not eating at home brings fortune.
Advance across the great river.
Not eating at home brings fortune.
Advance across the great river.
The changing lines
The first line:
There is harsh danger.
Gain ends.
There is harsh danger.
Gain ends.
18 Poison
The Statement of the second hexagram
Poison brings the great continuing.
Advance across the great river.
Before starting: three days.
After starting: three days.
Advance across the great river.
Before starting: three days.
After starting: three days.
The Image of the first hexagram
Heaven in the center of a
mountain: great restraint.
The noble one
frequently studies
the words and prophesies
of the past, and thereby
nourishes virtue.
mountain: great restraint.
The noble one
frequently studies
the words and prophesies
of the past, and thereby
nourishes virtue.
The Image of the second hexagram
Wind below the mountain:
poison. The noble one
stirs the people
and nourishes virtue.
poison. The noble one
stirs the people
and nourishes virtue.
