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On January 14, 2011 at 5:50 AM
why have so many gone in that direction?
and received a response of:
13 Kindred
The Statement of the first hexagram
The kindred in the wilderness.
Continue.
Advance across the great river.
Gain by a wise one's purity.
Continue.
Advance across the great river.
Gain by a wise one's purity.
The changing lines
The second line:
The kindred in the ancestral temple.
Remorse.
The kindred in the ancestral temple.
Remorse.
The fourth line:
Mounting their ramparts.
Unable to conquer.
Fortune.
Mounting their ramparts.
Unable to conquer.
Fortune.
The fifth line:
The kindred first wail and yet later laugh:
great armies are able to meet.
The kindred first wail and yet later laugh:
great armies are able to meet.
The sixth line:
The kindred at the countryside sacrifice.
No regrets.
The kindred at the countryside sacrifice.
No regrets.
11 Prospering
The Statement of the second hexagram
Prospering: the vile goes,
the great comes.
Fortune. Continue.
the great comes.
Fortune. Continue.
The Image of the first hexagram
Fire rises into heaven:
kindred. The noble one
groups and sorts
all that must be done.
kindred. The noble one
groups and sorts
all that must be done.
The Image of the second hexagram
Heaven and earth combine:
prospering.
The empress uses wealth
to fulfill the way
of heaven and earth.
She supports the order
of heaven and earth for
people on all sides.
prospering.
The empress uses wealth
to fulfill the way
of heaven and earth.
She supports the order
of heaven and earth for
people on all sides.
