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On January 2, 2011 at 12:24 AM
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54 Marrying Sister
The Statement of the first hexagram
Advance: misfortune.
No place will bring gain.
No place will bring gain.
The changing lines
The first line:
A younger sister marries as a secondary wife.
The lame can tread. Going is favorable.
A younger sister marries as a secondary wife.
The lame can tread. Going is favorable.
The third line:
A younger sister waits to marry.
Returns to marry as a secondary wife.
A younger sister waits to marry.
Returns to marry as a secondary wife.
The fifth line:
Emperor Yi gives his younger sister in marriage.
Her royal sleeves are not as fine
as the secondary wives'. The moon: nearly full.
Fortune.
Emperor Yi gives his younger sister in marriage.
Her royal sleeves are not as fine
as the secondary wives'. The moon: nearly full.
Fortune.
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 over lake:
marrying sister.
The noble one pursues
far-reaching goals
while keeping aware
of possible ruin.
marrying sister.
The noble one pursues
far-reaching goals
while keeping aware
of possible ruin.
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.
