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On January 27, 2011 at 2:16 AM
is he expecting me to say something?
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40 Releasing
The Statement of the first hexagram
Gain in the west and south.
No cause to move forward-
then comes return, and fortune.
To have a place to go: dawn fortune.
No cause to move forward-
then comes return, and fortune.
To have a place to go: dawn fortune.
The changing lines
The first line:
No fault.
No fault.
The fourth line:
Releasing the big toe.
Friends arrive, and with them, confidence.
Releasing the big toe.
Friends arrive, and with them, confidence.
The fifth line:
The superior one rules by releasing. Fortune.
One has the confidence
of the common people.
The superior one rules by releasing. Fortune.
One has the confidence
of the common people.
60 Regulation
The Statement of the second hexagram
Regulation. Be pervasive.
One cannot be morally pure
through suffering and trial.
One cannot be morally pure
through suffering and trial.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder and rain act:
releasing.
The noble one
pardons errors
and forgives offenses.
releasing.
The noble one
pardons errors
and forgives offenses.
The Image of the second hexagram
Water above the lake:
regulation. The noble one
regulates number and
measure and discusses
virtuous conduct.
regulation. The noble one
regulates number and
measure and discusses
virtuous conduct.
