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On February 7, 2010 at 12:59 PM
What can I do to be a good teacher?
and received a response of:
36 Smothered Light
The Statement of the first hexagram
Smothered light.
Gain is difficult: persist.
Gain is difficult: persist.
The changing lines
The sixth line:
Not a bright night.
First rise into the sky,
then plunge into the earth.
Not a bright night.
First rise into the sky,
then plunge into the earth.
22 Adornment
The Statement of the second hexagram
Adornment. Continue.
Slight gain in having a place to go.
Slight gain in having a place to go.
The Image of the first hexagram
Brilliance
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.
The Image of the second 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.
