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On June 3, 2009 at 4:20 AM
will my pele book ever be published?
and received a response of:
58 Exchange
The Statement of the first hexagram
Exchange: progress and steadfast gain.
The changing lines
The first line:
Harmonious exchange.
Fortune.
Harmonious exchange.
Fortune.
The fourth line:
Discussing exchange restlessly.
Avoid harm and there will be happiness.
Discussing exchange restlessly.
Avoid harm and there will be happiness.
The fifth line:
Sincerity in disintegration.
There is harshness.
Sincerity in disintegration.
There is harshness.
The sixth line:
Guided to exchange.
Guided to exchange.
4 Youth
The Statement of the second 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 Image of the first hexagram
Joined lakes in exchange.
The noble one
investigates and explains
knowledge to friends.
The noble one
investigates and explains
knowledge to friends.
The Image of the second 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.
