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On January 9, 2011 at 6:17 PM

wdsrfm?

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45 Collecting

The Statement of the first hexagram

The king draws near to the temple:
gain by seeing a great person.
Make an offering with purity,
using great sacrificial beasts. Fortune.
Gain by having a place to go.

The changing lines

The first line:
A trust that cannot reach conclusion:
there is confusion, there is collecting amid commands.
One grasps for smiling results-no help.
Depart without fault.

The second line:
Led by fortune. No fault.
Trust the gain of the summer sacrifice.

The fourth line:
Great fortune, no fault.

The fifth line:
Collecting brings position. No fault
that there is no trust.
Great everlasting constancy dispels regret.

The sixth line:
Exclamations, tears, and sniveling.
No fault.

41 Decrease

The Statement of the second hexagram

Decrease. Have confidence.

Great fortune. No fault

if one can be upright.

Gain by having a place to go.

How should one act?

Two square bamboo baskets

can be used in offering.

The Image of the first hexagram

Lake above the earth.
Collecting. The noble one
collects the tools of war
to guard against
unforeseen danger.

The Image of the second hexagram

Lake below mountain:
decrease. The noble one
halts his anger
and curbs his desires.