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On January 8, 2011 at 6:17 PM
wdhcmh?
and received a response of:
33 Withdrawal
The Statement of the first hexagram
Withdrawal. Continue.
Small gains in persisting.
Small gains in persisting.
The changing lines
The third line:
Disease and evil come with withdrawal.
Control servants and maids for fortune.
Disease and evil come with withdrawal.
Control servants and maids for fortune.
12 Clogging
The Statement of the second hexagram
Clogging by wicked people.
Nothing to be gained,
even from a steadfast prince.
The great goes, the vile comes.
Nothing to be gained,
even from a steadfast prince.
The great goes, the vile comes.
The Image of the first hexagram
A mountain under heaven:
withdrawal.
The noble one keeps
distant from vile people,
not with hatred,
but with dignity.
withdrawal.
The noble one keeps
distant from vile people,
not with hatred,
but with dignity.
The Image of the second hexagram
Heaven and earth
separate: clogging.
The noble one acts
with self-restraint
in the face
of punishing hardship,
and avoids glory or riches.
separate: clogging.
The noble one acts
with self-restraint
in the face
of punishing hardship,
and avoids glory or riches.
