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On January 2, 2011 at 12:19 AM
why did they all seem tense?
and received a response of:
40 Releasing
The Statement of the first hexagram
Gain in the west and south.
No cause to move forward-
then comes return, and fortune.
To have a place to go: dawn fortune.
No cause to move forward-
then comes return, and fortune.
To have a place to go: dawn fortune.
The changing lines
The third line:
Shouldering a bundle on the back,
and riding a carriage attracts bandits:
pure severity.
Shouldering a bundle on the back,
and riding a carriage attracts bandits:
pure severity.
The fifth line:
The superior one rules by releasing. Fortune.
One has the confidence
of the common people.
The superior one rules by releasing. Fortune.
One has the confidence
of the common people.
28 Great Excess
The Statement of the second hexagram
The ridgepole sags.
Gain by having a place to go.
Continue.
Gain by having a place to go.
Continue.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder and rain act:
releasing.
The noble one
pardons errors
and forgives offenses.
releasing.
The noble one
pardons errors
and forgives offenses.
The Image of the second hexagram
The lake overwhelms
the trees: great excess.
The noble one stands alone
without fear,
and can withdraw
from the world
without sorrow.
the trees: great excess.
The noble one stands alone
without fear,
and can withdraw
from the world
without sorrow.
