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On January 18, 2011 at 3:22 AM
Mid march... will he accept me... invite to dinner?
and received a response of:
18 Poison
The Statement of the first hexagram
Poison brings the great continuing.
Advance across the great river.
Before starting: three days.
After starting: three days.
Advance across the great river.
Before starting: three days.
After starting: three days.
The changing lines
The first line:
Manage father's poison.
Let his child examine. No fault
amid such harshness. In the end, fortune.
Manage father's poison.
Let his child examine. No fault
amid such harshness. In the end, fortune.
The second line:
Manage mother's poison.
One cannot be firm.
Manage mother's poison.
One cannot be firm.
The fifth line:
Manage father's poison.
Make use of honor.
Manage father's poison.
Make use of honor.
37 Family
The Statement of the second hexagram
A family benefits
from the women's purity.
from the women's purity.
The Image of the first hexagram
Wind below the mountain:
poison. The noble one
stirs the people
and nourishes virtue.
poison. The noble one
stirs the people
and nourishes virtue.
The Image of the second hexagram
Wind emerges from fire:
family.
The noble one has
substance in speech and
constancy in action.
family.
The noble one has
substance in speech and
constancy in action.
