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On January 17, 2011 at 8:11 PM
what about the amount charged?
and received a response of:
4 Youth
The Statement of the first hexagram
A youth must be steadfast.
I do not seek the naive youth.
The naive youth seeks me.
At the first divination, I explain,
but after three times, it is irritating.
Annoyed, I explain no further.
Nevertheless, a gainful omen.
I do not seek the naive youth.
The naive youth seeks me.
At the first divination, I explain,
but after three times, it is irritating.
Annoyed, I explain no further.
Nevertheless, a gainful omen.
The changing lines
The first line:
While penalties are useful to illuminate
the naive youth, take off the fetters-
to go too far leads to sorrow.
While penalties are useful to illuminate
the naive youth, take off the fetters-
to go too far leads to sorrow.
The second line:
To have the joy of holding your own child,
take a wife. It will lead to fortune:
your children will lead the family.
To have the joy of holding your own child,
take a wife. It will lead to fortune:
your children will lead the family.
27 Nourishing
The Statement of the second hexagram
Nourishing. Pure fortune.
Watch the jaws
and what one seeks to fill one's mouth.
Watch the jaws
and what one seeks to fill one's mouth.
The Image of the first hexagram
A spring gushes
below a mountain:
the naive youth.
The noble one nourishes virtue
with determination.
below a mountain:
the naive youth.
The noble one nourishes virtue
with determination.
The Image of the second hexagram
Thunder below the mountain: nourishing.
The noble one is
careful in speech
and temperate
while eating and drinking.
The noble one is
careful in speech
and temperate
while eating and drinking.
