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On June 2, 2009 at 2:02 PM
What can I expect of teaching as a career for me?
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 fourth line:
Regrets vanish. Have confidence,
alter the commands. Fortune.
Regrets vanish. Have confidence,
alter the commands. Fortune.
The fifth line:
The great person changes like a tiger.
No need to divine: there is trust.
The great person changes like a tiger.
No need to divine: there is trust.
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.
22 Adornment
The Statement of the second hexagram
Adornment. Continue.
Slight gain in having a place to go.
Slight gain in having a place to go.
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
Fire at the foot
of a mountain: adornment.
The noble one thereby
governs with clarity, and
does not dare
to decide lawsuits lightly.
of a mountain: adornment.
The noble one thereby
governs with clarity, and
does not dare
to decide lawsuits lightly.
