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On January 8, 2011 at 6:52 PM
wihaswiwhts?
and received a response of:
22 Adornment
The Statement of the first hexagram
Adornment. Continue.
Slight gain in having a place to go.
Slight gain in having a place to go.
The changing lines
The first line:
Alighting from the carriage
with adorned feet to walk.
Alighting from the carriage
with adorned feet to walk.
The fourth line:
As beautiful as a white-feathered horse.
It is not a raider who woos.
As beautiful as a white-feathered horse.
It is not a raider who woos.
The sixth line:
Plain adornment
is without fault.
Plain adornment
is without fault.
62 Small Crossing
The Statement of the second hexagram
Small crossing. Continue for gainful purity.
Small matters can be done,
but not large matters.
Flying birds leave their sound:
it is unsuitable to go high-
the suitable is below.
Great fortune.
Small matters can be done,
but not large matters.
Flying birds leave their sound:
it is unsuitable to go high-
the suitable is below.
Great fortune.
The Image of the first 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.
The Image of the second hexagram
Thunder above the
mountain: small crossing.
The noble one acts with
more than enough
reverence, destroys
excessive grief, and uses
more than enough
economy.
mountain: small crossing.
The noble one acts with
more than enough
reverence, destroys
excessive grief, and uses
more than enough
economy.
