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On January 27, 2011 at 1:14 PM
will the lecture be on?
and received a response of:
55 Plentiful
The Statement of the first hexagram
Plentiful. Progress.
The great king arrives. Do not grieve.
All is right as the midday sun.
The great king arrives. Do not grieve.
All is right as the midday sun.
The changing lines
The first line:
Meeting one's suitable lord.
In spite of sameness, no fault.
Going has honor.
Meeting one's suitable lord.
In spite of sameness, no fault.
Going has honor.
The fourth line:
Plentiful screens.
Seeing the northern stars at noon.
Meeting one's great lord. Fortune.
Plentiful screens.
Seeing the northern stars at noon.
Meeting one's great lord. Fortune.
The sixth line:
Plentiful activity in one's house, screened
is one's household. Peering through
one's door: quiet with no people near.
For three years no one visits. Misfortune.
Plentiful activity in one's house, screened
is one's household. Peering through
one's door: quiet with no people near.
For three years no one visits. Misfortune.
52 Stilling
The Statement of the second hexagram
One stills one's back
and does not move one's body.
There is movement in one's courtyard,
but one does not see one's people.
No fault.
and does not move one's body.
There is movement in one's courtyard,
but one does not see one's people.
No fault.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder and lightning
come fully: plentiful.
The wise one decides
lawsuits and applies
punishments.
come fully: plentiful.
The wise one decides
lawsuits and applies
punishments.
The Image of the second hexagram
Doubled mountains:
stillness.
The noble one
does not consider matters
beyond his position.
stillness.
The noble one
does not consider matters
beyond his position.
