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On January 16, 2011 at 7:01 PM
hdhmfwiwegas?
and received a response of:
3 Sprouting
The Statement of the first hexagram
Sprouting begins everywhere,
abundant and pure.
No need to go far:
gain by naming allies.
abundant and pure.
No need to go far:
gain by naming allies.
The changing lines
The second line:
How like the difficulty of sprouting!
Rushing like a team of horses: it is not a raider
who woos, yet the chaste girl refuses.
She waits ten years for betrothal.
How like the difficulty of sprouting!
Rushing like a team of horses: it is not a raider
who woos, yet the chaste girl refuses.
She waits ten years for betrothal.
The fifth line:
Sprouting fresh and thick:
For the small, a sign of fortune.
For the great, a sign of misfortune.
Sprouting fresh and thick:
For the small, a sign of fortune.
For the great, a sign of misfortune.
19 Arrival
The Statement of the second hexagram
The arrival of the maker: everywhere,
giving and pure.
When the eighth moon comes,
there will be misfortune.
giving and pure.
When the eighth moon comes,
there will be misfortune.
The Image of the first hexagram
Clouds and thunder: sprouting. The noble one
considers the principles.
considers the principles.
The Image of the second hexagram
Earth by the lake: arrival.
The noble one
is inexhaustible
in teaching,
and boundlessly protects
the people.
The noble one
is inexhaustible
in teaching,
and boundlessly protects
the people.
