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On November 23, 2009 at 10:06 PM
how can i help Reuben?
and received a response of:
39 Hindered
The Statement of the first hexagram
Gain in the west and south.
No gain in the east and north.
Gain by seeing the great person.
Pure fortune.
No gain in the east and north.
Gain by seeing the great person.
Pure fortune.
The changing lines
The second line:
The king's servant hindered-
though he did not personally cause it.
The king's servant hindered-
though he did not personally cause it.
The fourth line:
Going: hindered.
Coming: joining.
Going: hindered.
Coming: joining.
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
Water on top of the
mountain: hindered.
The noble one
turns inward
to cultivate virtue.
mountain: hindered.
The noble one
turns inward
to cultivate virtue.
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.
